Maintaining Navigation Key

Select Admin Menu > Navigation Key to maintain navigation keys.

CAUTION:

Important! When introducing a new navigation key, carefully consider its naming convention. Refer to System Data Naming Convention for more information.

Description of Page

The Navigation Key is a unique name of the navigation key for internal use. Try to use a name that is easily recognizable.

Owner indicates if this navigation key is owned by the base package or by your implementation ( Customer Modification). This information is display-only.

For URL Location, you can select from the following options:

Use External to create a navigation key where the location is specified in the URL Override field.
Use Override (External) to create a navigation key that overrides another external navigation key. If you use this option, you specify the name of the navigation key you are overriding in the Overridden Navigation Key field.
Use Override (System) to point a system navigation key to a different location. If you use this option, you specify the name of the navigation key you are overriding in the Overridden Navigation Key field.
Use System to create a navigation key for a custom program component developed for your implementation.

Fastpath: Refer to Navigation Key Types for more information about system and external navigation keys.

Fastpath: Refer to Overriding Navigation Keys for more information about settings required to override a system navigation key.

Program Component ID is the name of the program component identified by the key (for system navigation keys). The program component ID can also be used to specify the transaction with which an online help link is associated.

Overridden Navigation Key is the name of the navigation key that the current navigation key is overriding (if Override (External) or Override (System) is selected for the URL Location). Refer to Overriding Navigation Keys for more information.

URL Override is the specific URL for the navigation key (external navigation keys only). The URL can be relative to the product web server or fully qualified.

Open Window Options allows you to specify options (e.g., width and height) for opening a browser window for an external navigation key. (External navigation keys always launch in a new browser window.) You can use any valid features available in the Window.open( ) JavaScript method. The string should be formatted the same way that it would be for the features argument (e.g., height=600,width=800,resizeable=yes,scrollbars=yes,toolbar=no). Refer to a JavaScript reference book for a complete list of available features.

Application Service is the application service that is used to secure access to transactions associated with External navigation keys. If a user has access to the specified application service, the user can navigate to the URL defined on the navigation key. Refer to The Big Picture of Application Security for more information.

The grid displays menu items that reference the navigation key (actually, it shows menu items that reference navigations options that, in turn, reference the navigation key).

Where Used

Follow this link to open the data dictionary where you can view the tables that reference CI_MD_NAV.