Planning the menu layout is an important step in the configuration. Configuration in the Navigation Configuration Editor is straight-forward, once the menu layout and details have been planned.

Note: You can easily change the configuration. However, because you can inherit or pass on values from one tree level to the next, planning beforehand helps to make the configuration more efficient.

Some issues to keep in mind are as follows.

	Extended menu
	Quick launch button

Extended menu

The extended menu is the heart of the navigation system. The two major planning categories are:

	Menu hierarchy.
	Planning optional dependencies.

1. Menu Hierarchy

Planning the extended menu hierarchy includes determining the

1. Order in which nodes should be listed and accessed.

2. Each node's action type, which can influence the order.

Example

An operator has expanded the CimView screens' extended menu to find and select a screen that deals with a section of the factory's HEAT101 system.

The configuration hierarchy of the menus the operator expanded are as follows.

	Menus	Action Type	Item Selected	Configuration Hierarchy
1	MAIN MENU	Overlay	-	Root node
2	COOLING HEATING PACKING	No action	HEATING	Child of MAIN MENU
3	HEATING101 HEATING 201 HEATING 301	Overlay	HEATING101	Child of HEATING
4	HEAT101COND HEAT101PROC	Overlay Script	HEAT101COND	Child of HEATING101

Important: When a script is used as an action type, the node with a script action cannot have children.

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2. Planning Optional Dependencies

After or while the hierarchy is being planned, because of the clear "child of" hierarchy layout, the extended menu can also offer other benefits, including allowing details to affect more than one level. Planning can help insure that only the screens and or computers that should be involved will be involved.

Some details that can be configured to affect more than one level include:

Feature		Description
	Variables	Variables can be entered at any level in the Navigation hierarchy and
	Inherit variables	A selected node can inherit variables from parent nodes.
	Pass public variables	A selected node can pass public variables to child nodes
	Include/Exclude	Computers can be allowed or denied access to the node action.
	Inherit permissions	A selected node can inherit the specifications to include or exclude computers from performing the navigation action.
	Script	A selected node can run a script; however nodes that run scripts cannot have children.

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Quick Launch Button

Buttons can display on the Navigation bar to the left of the extended menu. The intent is to give users quick access to a screen or script without having to open the extended menu. Quick Launch buttons can represent a single node only; they cannot have children

More information

Step 1. Set up navigation configuration.

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