Attached Menu Page

This wizard page enables you to customize the shortcut menu of a CI by adding menu items and commands (for example, ping, run a program, open a URL). The customized menu is displayed when you right-click a CI instance in IT Universe Manager.

Important information

If a CIT does not have a method defined specifically for it, the CIT inherits all the menus from its parent CIT or the nearest ancestor that does have a method defined for it.

If you create or modify a menu, the change occurs only in the specific CIT that is being edited.

Wizard map

The Create Configuration Item Type/Relationship/Calculated Relationship Wizard contains:

Details Page > Attributes Page > Qualifiers Page > Triplets Page > Icon Page > Attached Menu Page > Default Label Page > Matching Rules Page

User interface elements are described below:

UI Element (A-Z) Description
Select a menu item from the tree and click the button. A new entry appears under the selected item.
Click to remove a menu item.
Click to move a selected menu item up in the menu.
Click to move a selected menu item down in the menu.
<Tree>

Hierarchical tree containing the default menu items.

Caution It is not recommended to edit the definitions of the default menu items.

Command

To connect to a specific location on the World Wide Web, select URL, and enter the exact Internet address, for example, http://www.microfocus.com. (Available only if you select the URL command type option.)

Note If you use a variable in the Command field, use the format command name %1 and define the CIT attributes as described in Parameters. The parameter values replace %1 according to their order in the list. For example, %1 is replaced by the first parameter in the list, %2 is replaced by the second parameter in the list, and so on.

Description Enter a description for the method. (This is for internal use only and does not appear in the menu.)
Existing Method Select to choose a command from a list of defined methods inherited from the IT Universe CIT and all its ancestors.
Icon

Select the icon to appear next to the menu option in the shortcut menu.

Note This field is optional.

Menu Item Name Enter a name for the new menu item as it should appear in the menu.
Method

Enables you to add a command to the menu.

Note To create a method and not override the existing method, it is recommended to create a new menu item and place the new method there.

Method Name Enter a name for the command.
New Method Select to add an action (for example, ping) to the menu item.
Parameters

To add attributes to the command or URL, click the Add Parameter button and select the attribute from the list.

To delete an existing entry, select it and click the Remove Parameter button.

Note Parameters are not relevant when Inner Process is selected.

Require user confirmation Select the check box for users to confirm access to a menu item before the item is displayed.
Separator

To place a separator between two menu items:

Click OK to place a separator underneath the selected menu option.

Shortcut

Press any key combination to create a shortcut for the menu item, for example, CTRL+h.

Note This field is optional.

Sub-Menu

Select to create a sub-menu under the selected menu option.

Type

Choose a command type:

  • URL. Opens a web page to the specified URL. Enter the URL of a Web page for the command to open in the URL box.

  • Inner Process. Triggers an internal Universal CMDB action. Select an action from the drop-down list of actions.

  • Execute. Triggers an executable action. Enter an executable command in the Executable box.

    Note In the Executable box, enter only the name of the executable file (for example, notepad.exe). Do not enter a path to the executable file. A path cannot execute a program.

Note: After making changes to a CI type in an older version of UCMDB (for example, UCMDB version 9.05), when upgrading UCMDB to the latest version, some new functionality may be missing from the shortcut menu for CIs of that type or its descendants in IT Universe Manager. In that case, edit the attached menu for that CI type and add the missing functionality.