Menu Layouts¶

Menu layouts define the view a user has of the menu content and structure on the Admin Portal; that is, the menu you see when logging in, based on your login user role at the hierarchy where you log in.

Menu layouts can be customized for different levels of the hierarchy. For example, the menu layouts at provider level of the hierarchy can be different to menu layouts at customer level or site level. An administrator with permissions to edit menu layouts can customize a menu layout based on a user’s role at a particular level of the hierarchy, to represent the resources the user has access to.

Note

To view and edit menu layouts, go to (default menu) Role Management > Menu Layouts.
To view the menu layout assigned to a particular role, go to (default menu) Role Management > Roles, click on a role, and view the value in the Menu Layout field (this is the menu layout for users with this role).

When creating or editing a menu layout, you can apply a field display policy (FDP) and configuration template (CFT) to refine the view of model entities for the user role. In this way, the FDP and CFT for a specific model is applied as part of the menu layout (in the menu structure); the FDP and CFT are attributes of the specific model entry for that menu layout. This means:

Different FDPs and CFTs for a specific model can define menu layout variations for that model.
The required FDP and CFT should be available before you create new menus.

If a menu layout applies to the list view of a model, this list can be filtered by means of a number of filter options that apply to the displayed list. Only instances where the values of a model attribute that match the filter, are then shown.

VOSS-4-UC ships with a number of default menu layouts for the following, hierarchy-based administrator user roles: system admin, provider admin, reseller admin, customer admin, and site admin. You can clone the default menu layouts and edit the settings to create new menu layouts. You can also export a menu layout, edit it externally, and re-import it. For example, you can apply an alternative FDP or CFT, or change the order and grouping of items on the menu layout. Designers with access to tag or version tag can apply these to a menu layout so that it can be uniquely identified to track and control changes.

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