In SimpleOne, navigation is based on these entities:
- Categories (they are physically stored in the Menu Category (sys_menu_category) table);
- Category items (childs of the categories, they are physically stored in the Menu Item (sys_menu_item) table).
Role required: admin.
To add a menu item, follow the steps below:
- Navigate to System Definition → Menu Items;
- Click New, fill in the form and then click Save.
Categories
To create a new category, please follow these steps:
- Navigate to System Definition → Menu Categories;
- Click New, fill in the form and then click Save.
The Service Portfolio category can be taken as an example.
The Edit button is shown with a pencil icon.
This functionality allows to modify the properties of the category or category item. After clicking it the property editing form will be displayed.
Menu category form fields
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Title | Displayed category title. |
| Active | Select this checkbox to activate the category. |
| Order | Category order in the interface (categories are arranged in the ascending order). |
| Hint | Text hint. |
| Description | Brief category description, |
| User roles | User roles that should have access to the category can be specified here. If the list will be left blank, then the category will be available to all users. |
If the newly created menu category contains no items, then it will not appear in the navigation panel. To display it, create the menu items referring to this category. To know how to create the menu item, please refer to Menuitems article.
Menu items
SimpleOne administrators can use menu items as links to different content pages (e.g., lists or forms of table records).
To make a menu item lead to an external source, on the Link type tab fill in the URL field with a link to the source.
To create a new category item, please follow these steps:
- Navigate to System Definition → Menu Categories, open a record you want to create a menu item for;
- Find the Menu Item tab in the Related lists area;
- Click New, fill in the form and then click Save.
Menu item form fields
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Title | Displayed category title. |
| Category | The parent category of the item. Move it from one parent category to another, clicking the dictionary icon and choosing the new category from the list appeared. |
| Hint | A text hint. |
| User roles | User roles that should have access to the category can be specified here. If the list will be left blank, then the category will be available to all users. |
| Image | Upload an icon for your category, |
| Visibility tab | |
| Active | Select this checkbox to make the element active or inactive. |
| Order | The element order in the interface (elements are sorted in the ascending order). |
| Link type tab | |
| Table_id | The sys_id of the record in the sys_db_table table, the table category item refers to. |
| Link type | The Choice field. Available options: List of Records or Record. |
| Filter | The Condition Builder field that allows to tune up a filter that will be applied to a list view. Notes
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| URL | Enter a URL if a navigation item should lead to an internal or external source. |
Favorites
The "Favorites" functionality provides the ability of quick access to the frequently used categories, category items, and also filters. List of favorites items is available in the "Favorites" tab marked with the star icon. Every user has his own Favorites. Physically, they are stored in the sys_menu_favorite table.
To add a category or category item into the Favorites. click a star near it (in other words, star it). Also, you can add a filter of the list view that was prepared earlier to the Favorites. For this, just drag and drop it to the Favorites navigation tab.
There are two ways to delete the category, category item or the filter from Favorites:
(applicable for categories, category items and filters)
- When you are in Favorites, click the Delete icon in front of the desired item.
(applicable for categories and category items)
- When you are in the Categories tab, unstar the item you want to delete from Favorites.
