Definition of a Navigation Tree

ENOVIA Business Process Services installs an administrative menu object, called Tree, which represents the navigation trees in the dynamic UI, used to define individual trees.



The definition for the Tree menu object includes a menu object that represents the tree for every object type that needs a navigation tree. For example, Engineering Central installs a menu object for parts and one for ECRs. These menu objects are assigned to the Tree menu object. The menu object for each navigation tree includes a command object for each category in the tree.

This graphic shows a sample administrative object structure for an installation that needs trees for parts, ECRs, and the default tree.



A menu with the symbolic name of an object type, such as type_ECR, defines the navigation tree for that object type. The navigation tree displays in the UI as the Categories menu for the context object.

ENOVIA Business Process Services installs a menu object called Default Tree, which is assigned to the Tree menu object. The system uses the default tree when there is no tree defined for a specific object type or any of its parent types. For information on configuring the default tree, see About the Default Tree.