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Menuoptions XML metadata file is used for defining to define the left menu items and shortcuts of the application.

 


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Menu Options File

Custom left menu items along with their pages' URLs are declared in menuoptions.xml file which must be created under ..under <custom_project>/web/WebContent/metadata directory.

All menu option IDs must be defined in modules.xml under <leftmenuoptions> or<settingmenuoptions>. For more information on creating modules.xml, got to Customise Modules Metadata. 

Create Custom Menu Items

In the following example, three new custom menu items will be defined.

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titlemenuoptions.xml


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titlemenuoptions.xml
<menuoptionconfig xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="../xsd/menuOptions.xsd">
	<menuoptions>
		<!-- Billing> Provisioning > Local SMS Provider  -->
		<menuoption>
			<id>CUSTOM_LOCAL_SMS_PROVIDER</id>
			<name>key_local_sms_provider</name>
			<description>key_local_sms_provider</description>
			<menuoptionparentid>PROVISIONING</menuoptionparentid>
			<menuoptionordernum>1</menuoptionordernum>
		</menuoption>
        <!-- Billing > Provisioning > Local SMS Provider > Manage Settings -->
		<menuoption>
			<id>CUSTOM_MANAGE_LOCAL_SMS_PROVIDER_SETTINGS</id>
			<name>key_manAgemanage_settings</name>
			<description>key_manage_settings</description>
			<menuoptionparentid>CUSTOM_LOCAL_SMS_PROVIDER</menuoptionparentid>
			<menuoptionordernum>1</menuoptionordernum>
			<menuoptionurl>page.do?xml=provisioning/localsmsprovider/settings&amp;act=itm&amp;fc=loadForm&amp;jndi=ejb/COMPANYCRMUISmsSettingsDefinition</menuoptionurl>
		</menuoption>
        <!-- Billing > Subscriptions> Import Subscriptions -->
		<menuoption>
			<id>CUSTOM_IMPORT_SUBSCRIPTIONS</id>
			<name>key_import_subscriptions</name>
			<description>key_import_subscriptions</description>
			<menuoptionparentid>SUBSCRIPTIONS</menuoptionparentid>
			<menuoptionurl>page.do?xml=subscriptions/importSubscriptions&amp;act=itm&amp;fc=importSubscription&amp;jndi=ejb/COMPANYCRMImportSubscription</menuoptionurl>
			<menuoptionordernum>9</menuoptionordernum>
		</menuoption>
		<!-- Finance Application > Price -->
		<menuoption>
			<id>CUSTOM_PRICE</id>
			<name>key_price</name>
			<description>key_price</description>
			<menuoptionparentid>FINANCE_APPLICATION</menuoptionparentid>
			<menuoptionordernum>1</menuoptionordernum>
			<menuoptionurl>price/priceSummary.xhtml</menuoptionurl>
		</menuoption>
		<!-- Finance Application > Price Limit -->
		<menuoption>
			<id>CUSTOM_PRICE_LIMIT</id>
			<name>key_price_limit</name>
			<description>key_price_limit</description>
			<menuoptionparentid>FINANCE_APPLICATION</menuoptionparentid>
			<menuoptionordernum>2</menuoptionordernum>
			<menuoptionurl>price/priceLimitSummary.xhtml</menuoptionurl>
		</menuoption>
		<!-- Settings & Admin > Plugins > Set up Price Settings -->
		<menuoption>
			<id>CUSTOM_PRICE_SETTINGS</id>
			<name>key_price_settings</name>
			<description>key_price_settings</description>
			<menuoptionparentid>MC_PLUGINS</menuoptionparentid>
			<menuoptionordernum>1</menuoptionordernum>
		</menuoption>
		<!-- Settings & Admin > Plugins > Set up Price Settings > Price Limit Settings -->
		<menuoption>
			<id>CUSTOM_PRICE_LIMIT_SETTINGS</id>
			<name>key_price_limit_settings</name>
			<description>key_price_limit_settings</description>
			<menuoptionparentid>CUSTOM_PRICE_SETTINGS</menuoptionparentid>
			<menuoptionordernum>1</menuoptionordernum>
			<menuoptionurl>price/priceLimitSettings.
 
 xhtml</menuoptionurl>
		</menuoption>
		...
	</menuoptions>
</menuoptionconfig>



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<moduleconfig xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="../xsd/modules.xsd">
    <modules>
        ...  
        <module>
            <moduleid>CUSTOM_PRICE</moduleid>
            <modulemainmenuoptionid></modulemainmenuoptionid>
            <modulename>key_price</modulename>
            <applicationid></applicationid>
                <features>
                 
                </features>
                <leftmenuoptions>
                   <id>CUSTOM_PRICE</id>
                   <id>CUSTOM_PRICE_LIMIT</id>
                </leftmenuoptions>
                <settingmenuoptions>
                    <id>CUSTOM_PRICE_SETTINGS</id>
                    <id>CUSTOM_PRICE_LIMIT_SETTINGS</id>
                </settingmenuoptions>
        </module>
        ...
  
    </modules>
    <loginmodules>
        <moduleid>CUSTOM_PRICE</moduleid>
    </loginmodules>
</moduleconfig>


For a full list of metadata menu options attributes, go to Menu options metadata.