5.9 Menu

The flag Menu in PFCG means that the folder with its entries is rendered as a separate menu at the top of the shell. The menu will be visible and available at all times, independent of the current running application in the canvas. Such folders representing menus can be configured more than once per role, but only on root folders. This is just an alternative way to start a transaction without having to select it via the navigation tree. The folder text is either a freely defined text that will be used as text for the menu or you can use a predefined Id. Entries with predefined Ids will be merged with existing menus.

You can set the Menu flag in the Folder Options on the Menu tab in PFCG if you choose Other Node Details, select the relevant folder in the hierarchy and then choose Menu as Folder Options.

(Menu example)

Predefined Id	Description
`@SEARCH@`	Add additional search provider. This entry can be used to define an external search engine that will be made visible in NWBC. This is used typically to incorporate external search engines into all desktop clients. The entry text of each folder node is shown within the list of search engines on the client. The application will be started when used. Use the character sequence `{0}` to mark the place in the URL where the query parameter needs to be replaced, for example `http://www.sap.com/search/index.epx?q1={0}`. With this approach, it is also possible to configure different search URLs.
`@HELP@`	Extend Help menu. All help link entries are added in NWBC to the help menu. The display string is shown in the menu, and the value itself is an URL that is started within a browser instance. This can be used to configure company specific help, for example to contact the help desk that is then available in all clients.
`@PERSONALIZE@`	Extend Personalize menu.

Predefined Id

Description

@SEARCH@

Add additional search provider.

This entry can be used to define an external search engine that will be made visible in NWBC. This is used typically to incorporate external search engines into all desktop clients. The entry text of each folder node is shown within the list of search engines on the client. The application will be started when used. Use the character sequence {0} to mark the place in the URL where the query parameter needs to be replaced, for example http://www.sap.com/search/index.epx?q1={0}. With this approach, it is also possible to configure different search URLs.

@HELP@

Extend Help menu.

All help link entries are added in NWBC to the help menu. The display string is shown in the menu, and the value itself is an URL that is started within a browser instance. This can be used to configure company specific help, for example to contact the help desk that is then available in all clients.

@PERSONALIZE@

Extend Personalize menu.