Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for providing a smart help browser extension for use with an analytics environment. An analytic applications environment can be provided by, or otherwise operate at, a computer system providing access to a data warehouse, or data warehouse instance. A smart help browser extension provides a user-interface based, reusable and configurable plugin that can be dynamically configured in order to provide relevant help content. An end-user can be provided with options on how to view the help content, such as via a help bubble of text, an image, or video, for example. The disclosed extension can also provide admins, or other technical users of the analytics environment, with the ability to record custom help content for other (e.g., non-technical) users of the analytics environment.