In the Designer, you can use the User Interface Editor to create variables for the navigation menu. The Define variables view, has a toolbar that provides various editing features.
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Creates a new variable. |
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Deletes the selected variable. |
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Opens the extended edit dialog. Tip: For variables of the Text variable type, automatic completion of formatting is available in the extended edit dialog. To use this, enter a colon (:) in the Value or source column input field in the extended edit dialog. |
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Displays variables inherited from parent menu items. |
To create variables
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In the Designer, select User interface > User interface navigation category.
The menu items are loaded and displayed in the User Interface Editor for editing.
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Select the menu item in the navigation overview.
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In the edit view, select Variable definitions.
In this view, all the variable definitions that belong to the selected menu item are displayed in tabular form with type, name, and assigned value.
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To create a variable, click and enter the following information.
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Type of variable: Select Column, Display value, or Text.
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Variable: Enter the name of the variable.
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Value: Enter the value of the variable. The value to be entered depends on the variable type.
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Select the Database > Commit to database and click Save.
The actual value stored in the variable can be shown in the administration tools as additional navigation information.
To display variable values of a menu item in the Manager
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In the Manager, enable the Show additional navigation information program setting.
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In the Manager, select menu item in the navigation and select the Definition > Defined variables context menu item.