Navigating
In the Windows client, the tabbed interface allows you to open multiple sessions and quickly access different functions in each one.
SunSystems can be accessed through the SunSystems Windows client, or the Web client, or through Infor Workspace. In both SunSystems Windows client and Web client, each menu panel contains object-based categories, which are represented by icons and include associated menu items. If you are running in Infor Workspace, the same functional categories are available as in the web client. However, the menu items are located in the group menus on the main navigation bar, rather than under icons on the menu panel. This maintains consistency with the Infor Workspace user experience, whilst still enabling all of the functionality of the SunSystems Web client.
The SunSystems menu panel is displayed after you log in to the application, and includes several navigational elements:
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The function selection control is located towards the top right of the application window, and has two modes: character search, and lookup from a list ordered by function code.
The SunSystems menu panel is the launching point for SunSystems functions. The organization of menu items within groups on the main navigation bar, and under categories in the menu panel, is defined at the level of SunSystems user groups using User Group Menu Designer (UGM). User Group Menu Designer (UGM) is available in the SunSystems Windows client only. In addition, each SunSystems operator can define a list of favorite functions that are accessed on a regular basis.
Creating function extensions, and granting function permissions to user groups, are carried out within the Security Console or User Manager.
User Group Menu
To use SunSystems, your user must be a member of a SunSystems user group. Each user group has an associated menu, which is either set up by your system administrator, or is a default menu based on the user group's function permissions.
Default Menu - Web client
In the SunSystems Web client, your user group's menu is derived from the menu in the Windows client. If you are a member of a user group for which a menu has not been created at the time you log in to SunSystems, the No Menu Available message is displayed. If this happens, you can either log in to SunSystemsThe function selection control is located towards the top right of the using the Windows client, which automatically creates a default menu for your user group. This default menu is then available in the Web client too. Alternatively, contact your system administrator who can configure your user group menu for you.
Default Menu - Windows client
If you are a member of a user group for which a menu has not been created at the time you log in to SunSystems, you are asked if you wish to create a default menu based on the function permissions defined for your user group. This default menu includes all available functions within SunSystems to which your user group has been granted permissions.
If a user group is granted permissions to further functions after the user group has been created, and these functions are required on the menu for the user group, you can use User Group Menu Designer (UGM) to either add the menu item individually to the existing menu, or resynchronize the user group's menu to permissions.