The system ships with a standard menu structure called MAIN, which provides access to all system applications. To give a user access to all the system applications, assign MAIN as the user's root menu in User Maintenance. When the user logs in to Eclipse, the root menu displays across the top of the window and provides access to the application menus.
Note:If an application, such as Customer Maintenance, requires authorization to access, and the user does not have the required authorization assigned in User Maintenance, the menus display without the application.
From each application menu, users can access the functions and additional menu options associated with that application. For example, from the System menu users can select Message System to display the Message System program or System Files to display the System Files menu.
You and your installer can create user-defined, custom menus to meet your company's needs. For example, if your company does not sell products that require material safety data sheets (MSDS), you can create a user-defined Files menu and remove the MSDS option. Then you can create a user-defined MAIN menu and replace the link to the standard Files menu with a link to your user-defined Files menu.
Use this process to create variations of the MAIN menu for different user groups within your company. Then, in User Maintenance, assign each user the root menu that corresponds to the user's job function. Use custom menus to determine which programs users can access, simplify navigation for users, and create unique menus for users with special functions. You can also add custom menus for custom programming on your site, as well as report writer and G/L reports that you have defined for your business to a menu.
Note: If you do not need a custom menu, but want to define a My Favorites list for quick access to certain menus or submenus, see Creating Favorites Lists in the Navigation online help documentation.
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Important: You cannot modify the standard menus shipped with the Eclipse system. Upgrades to future software releases override the standard menu set. You need to create copies of the standard menus to make changes to the contents of the menus. |
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