2.6 Menus

Use

The menu allows quick and easy access to NWBC screens. The structure and content of the menu entries can vary slightly depending on the product and the configuration settings.

Example of NWBC menu

Favorites

The functions for adding, displaying, renaming, and deleting entries in your Favorites list can be found in the Favorites menu. Under Easy Access Favorites (read-only) , you can access the Favorites defined in the SAP Easy Access menu in SAP GUI. Under Recent Items , you can see a list of the objects last accessed by the user.

The table shows the actions available in the Favorites menu:

Menu Entry	Action
Add to Favorites	Adds the screen currently displayed in the application content area to the Favorites list.
Favorites list	Alphabetical list of screens that you have saved as Favorites. You can carry out the following actions for each entry: Call: Click the required favorite to call it Rename: Choose the edit icon next to the name of a favorite to rename it Delete: Choose the delete icon next to the name of a favorite to delete it from the list of Favorites The edit and delete icons appear in the Favorites list only when you hover the mouse pointer over the entry you want to change.

Menu Entry

Action

Add to Favorites

Adds the screen currently displayed in the application content area to the Favorites list.

Favorites list

Alphabetical list of screens that you have saved as Favorites. You can carry out the following actions for each entry:

Call: Click the required favorite to call it
Rename: Choose the edit icon next to the name of a favorite to rename it
Delete: Choose the delete icon next to the name of a favorite to delete it from the list of Favorites

The edit and delete icons appear in the Favorites list only when you hover the mouse pointer over the entry you want to change.

The Favorites are stored in NWBC.fav in the file system on your local PC:

Microsoft Windows Server 2003: Documents and Settings\<user id>\Application Data\SAP\NWBC\NWBC.fav
All other operating systems: <drive>:\Users\<user id>\AppData\Roaming\SAP\NWBC\NWBC.fav

View

In the View menu, you can specify whether navigation tabs and panel, the quick launch, and the search bar are shown or hidden. In addition, you can switch to full-screen mode. For more information, see 2.8 Navigation Panels and Quick Launch .

The table shows the actions available in the View menu:

Menu Entry	Action
Quick Launch	Displays quick launch for quick navigation (instead of the search bar)
Search	Displays the search bar (instead of the quick launch)
Navigation Tabs	Displays or hides navigation tabs
Navigation Panel	Displays or hides the navigation panel
Full Screen	Switches to full screen

Settings

The table shows the actions available in the Settings menu:

Menu Entry	Action
Personalize	You can make global configuration settings for the client. For more information, see 3.4 End User Configuration and 3.5 Administrator Configuration .
Connections	You can configure the system connection. For more information, see 3.4.1 Configuring System Connections .
Advanced	You can configure the trace level. For more information, see 3.4.3 Configuring Support Information .

If you have specified your own menu entries for the Settings menu, they appear merged with the predefined standard entries. For more information, see 5.9 Menu .

Window

The table shows the actions available in the Window menu:

Menu Entry	Action
New Window	Opens a new window. For more information, see 2.5 Multi-Windows .
Open Window Manager	Only visible if you have activated the window manager. For more information, see 2.5 Multi-Windows .
Close All and Log Off	Closes all active windows, terminates all sessions, and closes all applications in NWBC.

Help

The table shows the actions available in the Help menu:

Menu Entry	Action
SAP NWBC Help	Opens the NWBC documentation (PDF file)
Show Shortcuts	Lists all shortcuts (and the corresponding functions) that are available
Tips & Tricks	Opens a dialog box with tips and tricks about using NWBC.
About NetWeaver Business Client	The same information about NWBC version, user name, and back-end system that is displayed if you double-click the SAP logo at the bottom of the screen. For more information, see 2.2 Shell Overview .

If you have specified your own menu entries for the Help menu, they appear merged with the predefined standard entries. For more information, see 5.9 Menu .