Content of the Navigator Page

The Navigator page can appear in one of two modes: Menu or Tree. You configure the mode using the mode parameter appended to the URL for the Navigator page. The mode parameter accepts either Menu or Tree as its value. The rest of this section describes these modes and configuration options for them.

The following topics are discussed:

Menu Mode

When the Navigator page is in Menu mode, it contains the global toolbar as it normally does when using the applications. The content frame can contain any application page, such as a table page that lists business objects or a navigation tree and Properties page for one business object. This graphic shows the Navigator page in Menu mode with a table page in the content frame.



The Actions menu items, Create New, Workspace Wizard, and Delete Selected, show as toolbar buttons because of the Toolbar pivot command as defined in "Miscellaneous Properties" in the Live Collaboration Administrator's Guide.

To display the Navigator page in Menu mode with any page other than a navigation tree for an object, you specify the page using the ContentPage parameter. For instructions on specifying the content of the Navigator page, see a. For example, if the Buyer Desk table page is emxBuyerDeskTable.jsp, the following URL would call the page using the Menu mode. 

./ematrix/common/emxNavigator.jsp?mode=Menu&ContentPage=../
sourcingcentral/emxBuyerDeskTable.jsp

Menu mode is the default mode for the Navigator page so you do not have to specify the parameter if you want Menu mode. To display the Navigator page in Menu mode with the tree and Properties page for a business object in the content frame, include the objectId parameter. For example, to call this page:



Use this URL:

./ematrix/common/emxNavigator.jsp?objectId=53028.50507.27254.238&mode=Menu

Tree Mode

When the Navigator page is in Tree mode, it does not contain the banner or global toolbar, and the content is always the tree for a business object. That is, the default category for that object displays with the Cateories menu containing the tree menu for that object type. Use Tree mode when you want to let the user see details for one business object without providing access to other features or applications. Because the Tree mode always displays details for a business object, you must include the objectId parameter whenever you use Tree mode, otherwise the page encounters errors. For example, to show this page:



Use this URL:

./ematrix/common/emxNavigator.jsp?objectId=53028.50507.27254.238&mode=Tree