Menus

Overview 

The Main Menu and the Tile Menu in BOS Enterprise are customisable in the Menus setup module, including the System and Setup modules. 

The Menu item in the Status Bar is fixed and can be used to test different screen sizes and check the application's About screen. It also has links to open the DB Monitor and the System Messages.

Settings

User Settings

• User Settings > Setups > Menu Manager > Access Allowed.

General Settings

• General Setting > General > Disable automatic Tile Menu updates. (Default = No) - This is a backstop setting in case the tile menu refreshes slowly after an upgrade. The Menu Notes can be manually updated by clicking the Menu icon when the menus are active. 

Main Menu

The Main Menu should contain all the menu items used in the application and be displayed at the top of the application window.

The fixed Menu Items are on the right of the Main Menu and include:

• Help - The Help Menu with Items to contact Support, Renew License as well as a link to our Terms of Use.

• Refresh - This is a generic Refresh (button) that refreshes all the tables on the open module

Tile Menu

The Tile Menu should only display the most frequently used Menu Items. By default, the Tile Menu Groups are displayed in two columns. Most screen resolutions will display four rows, so ideally you won't add more than eight regular-size menu items to a Tile Group.

You can set the colour of Tiles at a Group level (Default = Navy Blue). 

The Tile Menu has a fixed colour (navy) and displays live Notes for Transactions and certain Fixed Modules. See the example below.

Menu Groups

The Menu Groups are used to group similar Menu Items and are displayed on the Main Menu as well as on the Tile Menu.

• Main Menu Index - Indicates the order in which the Groups are displayed in the Main Menu. Assign -1 if the Menu Group should not be displayed on the Main Menu

• Tile Index - Indicates the order in which the Groups are displayed in the Tile Menu. Assign -1 if the Menu Group should not be displayed on the Tile Menu

Menu Items

Each Menu Group contains an ordered list of Items

Main Menu

• Index - Indicates the order in which the Items are displayed in the Main Menu Group. Assign -1 if the Item should not be displayed on the Main Menu.

Tile Menu

• Index - Indicates the order in which the Items are displayed in the Tile Menu Group. Assign -1 if the Item should not be displayed on the Tile Menu.