Create Menu Entries (SAP Library - Area Menu Maintenance from Release 4.6A)

Create Menu Entries

Use

You want to put more menu entries in an existing Area Menu.

Prerequisites

You are in Area Menu maintenance editing mode.

Procedure

Select a menu node. If the menu is new, select its header.

Choose Edit ® Insert menu entry ® As subnode or Edit ® Insert menu entry ® At same level.

Note

You can enter several new menu entries at the same time in the following dialog. They can be transaction, Reports, Folders or links to other Area Menus.

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Insert transactions

When you put transactions in the menu, you must enter the transaction code and the menu entry text. If you enter a transaction code without a text, the transaction name is used as a text. If the transaction code is not in the current system, the transaction code is used as text.

Insert reports

To put reports in the area menu, choose the Report pushbutton :

Choose the report which you want to insert, in the following dialog. Select a report type. The input fields for the type appear.

Create transaction code automatically

A transaction code is generated for the selected report when you leave the dialog. You must specify the development class and possibly a transport request. If the selected report already has a transaction code, it is used.

Manual transaction code assignment

To specify the transaction code for the report, choose Display other options. Two additional input fields, in which you can specify the transaction code and a descriptive text, appear. You must deactivate the input field checkboxes Generate automatically and Copy report description.

Enter folders

To enter folders, enter a text without a transaction code. The entry is interpreted as a folder.

Inserting references in submenus

You can put references to other Area Menus (including previous Report trees) in an Area Menu. In this way you can construct a menu from several submenus which are maintained separately.

Activate the menu references checkbox in the menu entry creation dialog. You can now enter an Area Menu name, or choose one in the F4 help, instead of a transaction code.

If you are not in the menu entry creation dialog, choose Edit -> Reference to another structure -> As subnode/At the same level. A dialog, in which you can specify another area menu and the menu entry text, appears

A referred submenu appears in display mode and in the system as an integral part of the Area Menu.