Create a menu for the user profile

A new user profile is created with a default menu. You should change the configuration of the following default menu items to enable their functionality:

• Home: Opens by default an empty content area which is used as default for new user profiles and cannot be edited. Create a content area as an entry point for the user and set the Target attribute to your content area.
• Recent objects: By default, no functionality is added. Create a data workbench, configured report, or content area which shows objects recently changed by the user. alternatively, you can either delete the menu item or activate the functionality that was provided in Alfabet 10.15 for display of all objects changed by the current user in the last seven days with the following settings:

  Delete a configuration object

  Right click the explorer node and select Delete in the context menu.

  • Target Type: Select BusinessFunction.
  • Target: Select Recent_Objects or New_Recent_Objects.

  The Recent_Objects or New_Recent_Objects will only show objects if the following settings are also done:

  • A system administrator must select the Client Settings > Save Recent Objects in the server alias of the Alfabet Web Application.
  • You must set the Consider in Recent Objects and, for New_Recent_Objects , the Consider in New Objects attribute to True for the relevant class settings of all object classes which shall be included in the list of new or recent objects.
• Favorites: Giving access to the new standard functionality to save favorites.
• Workflows: Opens the standard workflow explorer ( WFS_Explorer business function) for workflow activities. If your company do not use the workflow functionality, you can delete the menu item.

  Delete a configuration object

  Right click the explorer node and select Delete in the context menu.

You can add new content to the menu:t

1. Do one of the following:
   • To add a first level menu item, right-click the node of the user profile and select Create Menu Item.
   • To add a sub-item of an existing menu item, right-click the node of the existing menu item and select Create Menu Item.
   • To add a seperator line, right-click the parent node and select Add Separator.
2. For each menu item you created, click the new menu item in the explorer and define the following:
   • Target Type: Select the type of configuration object the menu item shall open.
   • Target: Select the configuration object the menu item shall open.
   • Caption: Enter the text to be displayed in the left-side menu of the user interface.
   • Icon: If an icon shall be displayed in the left-side menu of the user interface on the left of the text, open the editor of the Icon attribute. Select the icon gallery containing the icon and then select the icon from the icon list.

     Open an editor for an attribute

     Click in the attribute value field. A button for opening the editor appears on the right of the field.

   • Arguments: If you have selected BusinessFunction as Target Type and you have selected any of the standard business functions listed below as Target, you must specify arguments to define the link target. The syntax for this entry is ContextArgs=<Type of Argument>:<Value of Argument> (for example:ContextArgs=Explorer:COMG_Explorer or ContextArgs=Class:Application):
     •  Simple Search functionalities (GenericSearch , Simple_Search , Browse):
       • If the search functionality should be limited to a set of object classes, specify the object class names in a comma-separated format with the argument ContextArgs=<ObjectClassName> . For example, to search for an object in the object classes Application , Component , and ICTObject , enter the following: ContextArgs=Class:Application,Component,ICTObject.
       • If the search functionality should be limited to a set of object classes and object class stereotypes, specify the object class stereotype in the comma-separated list as: <ObjectClassName>:<ObjectClassStereotypeName>. For example, to include the application stereotypes BusinessApplication and TechnicalApplication in the list, enter: ContextArgs=Class:Application:BusinessApplication,Application:TechnicalApplication,Component,ICTObject.
     •  Capture Projects functionalities (PRJ_CaptureProjects and PRJ_CaptureProjects_Ex ): If the functionalities should open with the filter preset to a defined project stereotype. You must specify the project stereotype with the entry ContextArgs=<ProjectStereotypeName> . For example, ContextArgs=ProjectStep. It is recommended to use a data workbench instead of this business function.
     •  Generic Object Viewer functionality (GenericObjectViewer ): You must provide information about which object class can be searched via the Edit Search interface control. You must specify the object class name with the entry ContextArgs=Class:<ObjectClassName> . For example, ContextArgs=Class:Application.
     • If you set a link to a business function that includes more than one sub-functionality you must specify which sub-functionality should be accessed. If no sub-functionality is assessed, the default sub-functionality will be automatically displayed. Go to the Functions tab and expand the node of the business function in the Standard Business Functions explorer to see whether there is more than one sub-functionality. The syntax to specify the sub-functionality is ContextArgs=<Value of the Type attribute of the sub-functionality>=<Value of the Name attribute of the sub-functionality>.