Published at: 2025-10-30
Custom Menu Items
1. Overview
- Custom Menu Items: Administrators can create menus by adding menu items that map to CRM objects (custom objects & preset objects), custom pages, or charts (Data Dashboards).
- Viewing Custom Menu Items: Administrators must add relevant users/departments/roles to the applicable scope of the custom menu.
- Placement: Configured custom menu items can be added to both Web and mobile application menus.
2. Configuration Guide
2.1 Creating Custom Menu Items
- Navigate to Admin Console > UI Customization Management > Custom Menu Items to access the Custom Menu Items List. Here, you can perform Create, Read, Update, and Delete (CRUD) operations.
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Custom Menu Items List
- On the Custom Menu Items List, click New to enter the New Custom Menu Item interface:
- Name: Required, max 50 characters.
- APIName: Primarily for developers; follow formatting rules (see help tips). Avoid modification if unnecessary.
- Supported Terminals: Web and Mobile.
- Category: Includes CRM objects (with optional Record Type selection), custom pages (Web or Mobile), or Data Dashboards (multiple charts can be selected).
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New Custom Menu Item
- Tips:
- If both Web and Mobile are selected, custom pages cannot be chosen (due to platform-specific page independence).
- For CRM objects, you can add custom/preset objects and select all or specific Record Types.
2.2 Adding Custom Menu Items to Application Views – Example
- Create a custom menu item with Terminal set to “Web & Mobile” and Category as “Data Dashboards.” Select the corresponding BI charts and save.
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New Custom Menu Item (Data Dashboards Selected)
- Configure the custom menu item in the platform application.
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Platform Application List
- Mobile Application View:
- Select the view type (e.g., Mobile View).
- Edit/create the view template.
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Application Configuration Page
- Configuring Custom Menu in Mobile View:
- Configure “Basic Info” and select “Page Layout” (e.g., Single Page Layout).
- Enter the “Page Configuration” interface.
- Drag the “Menu Entry” component into the preview area.
- Select the corresponding custom menu item in the “Menu Entry” component.
Tip: Click the “+” icon in the preview area to open the menu selection popup and choose the desired custom menu item.
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Mobile Application View
- Mobile Display:
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2.3 Adding Custom Menu Items to Web CRM Menu – Example
- Create a custom menu item (e.g., Data Dashboards).
- Navigate to Admin Console > CRM Homepage Customization > Menu Template Management, then click New or edit an existing menu.
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- In the CRM Menu Template Configuration interface, add the pre-configured menu item and save.
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- The custom menu item will now appear in the CRM menu.
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3. FAQs
3.1 Custom Menu Items Are Visible to Unauthorized Users
- Edit the problematic CRM menu or view to verify whether it is configured as a custom menu item or a custom page.
3.2 Web Custom Menu Item List Page Title Display Logic
- If Record Type is set to “All Record Types,” the list page title displays the object name.
- If a specific Record Type is selected, the list page title displays the menu item name.