Menu Profiles

The entry of the menu profile is carried out on a single tab. There are two specific characteristics:

• The profile type defined by local menu 926, which contains 3 default values. This type of profile is used to limit the number of users connected simultaneously under a given profile type. This is carried out through the use of parameters USR1, USR2, and USR3 (note that this list of parameters can be completed with the USRn custom/specific parameters, 'n' being the rank of the profile type in the local menu).
• The additional memory value, expressed in Kbytes, associated with the engine instance that executes the user processes which have the corresponding menu profile. This parameter, defined globally for a given folder by the Memory field in folder management, can therefore be modified for users who launch functions particularly heavy in terms of consumption.

The graphical representation

The tree structure of the current menu (by default, the first one when opening an existing profile).

The grid of menu codes

Folder and function detail

Create a menu profile

When creating a new menu profile, the Start Menu can be accessed. It is thus possible to select by default the name of one of the standard menus defined for the super user (ADMIN by default).

• if GENE has been selected as the start menu (default value suggested upon creation), a complete standard menu structure for the software is obtained (it is then possible to modify the different menus line by line).
• it is possible to choose another menu (thanks to the selection key) in order to load only part of the menu tree structure.

Modify a menu profile

Upon menu profile modification, it is possible to delete and/or add menus and functions, but also to move them so to position them in the requested order.

When in entry mode in the grid, it is possible to modify the menus by simply inserting or cancelling the lines. To insert a line, the following fields have to be entered:

• the function code. This code refers to a basic function of the software. It is possible to use a selection window.
• a potential option. This option depends on the function involved.
• a title that will be displayed in the menu to identify the function called.

Options associated with the functions

Some functions accept an additional parameter, namely:

• MENU: this means that the menu line calls a sub-menu in which the code must be entered in the option column.
• AIMP: this means that the menu line calls a report with a code that must be entered in the option column. If the report code is not entered, the menu line make it possible for the user to choose the report to launch, by displaying the list of all reports the user has access to.
• all the functions that correspond to the object management with transactions that can be set up (that is to say the majority of the movements). It is then possible to give as an argument the transaction code to be used. This is not mandatory : if this is not done, it will be possible to choose the transaction (if a choice is available) amongst the different transactions for which the user is authorized.
• all the functions that correspond to the standard inquiries that can be set up. It is then possible to give as an argument the inquiry screen to be used (this is not mandatory: if this is not done, a default inquiry screen will be used) and it will then be possible to change the screen by choosing (if a choice is available) from amongst the different screens for which the user is authorized.
• The order is given in the form of a command line, entered in a specific window. Its syntax is specified in an attached documentation.
• AMIEXE (execution of a system transaction): the transaction code can be specified.
• the ADPVAL function, which is used to modify the basis of the parameters in the software, can be called with an argument defining the chapter (for instance SUP), or an argument defining the chapter and a template of parameter names in the form CHAPTER_TEMPLATE (for instance SUP_USR*), or even a template without chapter (for instance USR*).
• the GESADI function (miscellaneous table management), makes it possible to give a table number, a list of table numbers separated by a comma, and also table number intervals (ranges are separated by a dash), or a combination of all this. For instance, 1-5,8,25-27 means one table number is between 1 and 5 or equal to 8, or between 25 and 27.