Help preferences

By default, application help for MI Viewer is online, ensuring that users have the latest content, updated as soon as it is available. If needed, you can download an installable version of the help, host it locally, and configure MI Viewer to access this instead of the standard online help.

Where Granta MI is used in an air-gapped environment and users are unable to access

Ansys online help, MI Viewer can be configured to use a local offline version of the application help.

  1. Download the Granta MI Enterprise installable help package from the Ansys Customer Portal documentation downloads page: https://download.ansys.com/Product%20Documentation.
  2. Unzip the downloaded package.
    This contains 2 further zip files: MI_Viewer_Help.zip, which contains the installable MI Viewer help files, and a Python Scripting Toolkit documentation zip.
  3. Unzip the MI_Viewer_Help.zip file.
    This contains a folder called MI_Viewer_Help, which contains 3 more folders (css, granta, media).
  4. Upload the MI_Viewer_Help folder to your server or company intranet.
  5. Configure the MI Viewer application to access your local help:
    1. In MI Viewer, click Admin in the toolbar and scroll down the General page to the Help Preferences section.
    2. Select the Use this local help option, and enter the URL for your locally-hosted help site, for example: https://my.server.name/MI_Viewer_Help
    3. Save your changes.
    You can also configure this setting in the MI Viewer Configuration tool.

To ensure that users have access to up-to-date information on MI Viewer features, you will need to download and install the latest version of the help after upgrading to a new Granta MI release. Your existing MI Viewer help configuration settings will be preserved through an upgrade, so you won’t need to reconfigure the help preference option when you upgrade your MI Viewer software.