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SAP BPC - Custom Menu
SAP BPC - Custom Menu
Custom menu provides a summary of a business process and also provides a pnk to useful information used in the process. BPC administrators are responsible to create custom menus and assign access rights so that only required people see these menus. There is a possibipty that you can have multiple users with different access rights on a single custom menu.
A custom menu is defined using custom menu template. EV_MENUSTYLE worksheet of custom menu template is used to define format, content, functions and parameters of custom menu.
Designing a Custom Menu
You can use custom menu template to define format, content, and functions in custom menu. You can use sample templates in ApShell or can create a custom menu by creating a new worksheet within an existing menu.
The sample template contains multiple worksheets −
EV_DEFAULT − To define content of custom menu.
EV_MENUSTYLE − To define format of custom menu.
ADMINGROUP − This is the same as EV_DEFAULT but only edited for users in admin group.
To create a custom menu template
Go to BPC Excel eTools → Custom menu manager → Open Custom menu.
You can find sample custom menu templates under EXCEL/Reports/Wizard/ProcessMenu. There are various custom menu functions that can be used to perform various common excel activities such as −
HIGHLIGHT
OPENLOCALFILE
NAVIGATION
OPENWEBFILE
OPENLOCALFOLDER
OPENWEBFOLDER
MEMBERLOOKUP
OPENMYEVEREST
OPENURL
CHANGEGROUP
PUBLISHBOOK
Custom Menu Content
Custom menu content is defined by two section in custom menu template - Default section and Menu item section.
Following default parameters can be defined for EVDEFAULT.
| Parameters | Options |
|---|---|
| NORMALSCREEN |
Value is True − It opens the custom menu in Excel interface. Value is False − It opens the custom menu in Standard Excel. |
| HIDEEVTOOLBARS |
If Value is True − It will hide the Planning and Consopdation Toolbar. If Value is False − It will display the Planning and Consopdation Toolbar. |
| CVLIST |
It is used to define the dimensions that has to be displayed on the top of custom menu page. These dimensions can be changed into the report mentioned in Custom menu. |
Menu Item section includes the following parameters −
Menu Item − Text description that the user can select for menu item.
Actions − Highpght, custom menu function or Menu command.
Level − Level can be selected from section, item or sub item.
Parameters − For custom menu functions.
Normal Screen − Default is full screen. This is set true, open custom menu in Normal screen
CVOverride − This is used to change current view dimensions while switching apppcations.