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"Help documentation" URL is wrong in new APEX 24.1

Simon_PJun 20 2024 — edited Jun 20 2024

In a brand new on-premises installation of APEX 24.1 (not an upgrade), it appears that all of the “View Documentation” links (mostly found after pressing the question mark icon on a given designer screen) links back to the old APEX 23.2 screen.

This can be confirmed by navigating to Administration Services → Manage Instance → Instance Settings and checking the “Help URL” setting.

This can also be confirmed in the database as follows:

SQL> SELECT apex_instance_admin.get_parameter('SYSTEM_HELP_URL');

APEX_INSTANCE_ADMIN.GET_PARAMETER('SYSTEM_HELP_URL')
-------------------------------------------------------
https://apex.oracle.com/doc232

SQL> select version_no as apex_version, version_full as database_version from apex_release, v$instance;

APEX_VERSION         DATABASE_VERSION
-------------------- -----------------
24.1.0               23.4.0.24.05

SQL>

Since this is a brand new installation, I think this is a bug as I think APEX 24.1 should have shipped with the help URL set to https://apex.oracle.com/doc241 . As when clicking on “View documentation” links from new feature pages (such as the "Generative AI Services") screen just re-directs to the main APEX 23.2 documentation page.

Otherwise a manual, post-installation update (setting the SYSTEM_HELP_URL to doc241 ) is required for every installation.

Specifically, this will fix the issue:

SQL> exec apex_instance_admin.set_parameter('SYSTEM_HELP_URL','https://apex.oracle.com/doc241');

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

SQL> commit;

Commit complete.

SQL>
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