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Page 1 of 4 Navigation Manager Editor (NME) allows you to create and edit the menus available within SunSystems Navigation Manager.
Navigation Manager menus consist of folders and functions.
Folders contain:
- further folders, thereby creating a hierarchical structure
- functions, that can be SunSystems functions or external applications, such as Microsoft Excel.
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Navigation Manager functions contain properties that specify the SunSystems function or external application that they link to, and how these items are invoked. For example, properties can be used to specify which SunSystems form is used when invoking a SunSystems function, or which file is automatically opened when invoking an external application.
Menu structure, folder and function names, and function properties such as shortcut codes, are all user-definable when using Navigation Manager Editor.
Within SunSystems, different Navigation Manager menus are assigned to each operator group. Using Navigation Manager Editor you can create specific menus for each operator group and thereby restrict access to tools, functions and forms. For example, the clerks' menu can exclude any system administration functions such as Operator Setup. Menus are assigned to operator groups when they are saved.
Note: You must define your operator groups before creating new Navigation Manager menus.
SunSystems is accessed and managed from Navigation Manager. Using Navigation Manager it is possible to run up to nine concurrent processes from a single log on. Since each process uses it’s own form, users are able to move freely between them. Navigation Manager Editor Navigation Manager Editor enables customising, by operator group, of the menu structures and access to SunSystems functions in Navigation Manager. This allows Navigation Manager to be designed around specific organizational needs and business processes. Using Navigation Manager Editor the following changes can be made to the menu tree: - Creating new folders or forms
Moving the position of folders or forms within the hierarchy Renaming folders or forms Removing folders or forms Creating folders or forms linked to external applications
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Lets locate and start Navigation Manager Editor in Navigation Manager. - Expand Setting up SunSystems in the Navigation pane and select Tools
- Then in the Forms pane double click on Navigation Manager Editor
- Now you will see Navigation Manager Editor appear in the Sessions Pane
- Alternatively you can type NME for Navigation Manager Editor in the shortcut field
- Select the Check Out icon from the toolbar
- Displayed in the Check Out box are the files available for checking out. They all have a suffix of .OPX for each
- Operator Group.
- Click on file 01ZZZZZ.OPX and Check Out
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Click here to see the screenshot When you click on a specific Check Out file you are effectively checking out the relevant file for that .OPX from the server, enabling you to modify the look and functionality of the Navigation Manager for that operating group. When you have finished making your changes, the file needs to be checked back into the server using the Check In icon. We are now going to look at some modifications and enhancements that can be made using Navigation Manager Editor, before checking these changes back into the server and seeing their effect on Navigation Manager. Once you select 01ZZZZZ.OPX and click on Check Out, the tree menu available for the users in this Operator Group will be displayed. The title bar shows SunSystems Navigation Editor along with the file name you have opened, in this case 01ZZZZZ.OPX. The left hand pane now displays the folders and functions available for editing.
To move folders or forms around simply click, drag and drop them into the new location.
Right clicking on any folder, apart from the root SunSystems folder, will display a menu which allows you to:
- Insert Function
- Insert Folder
- Rename Folder
- Delete
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