# Menus

> Browse PeopleSoft classic menu definitions with bars, items, and the components they navigate to.

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Site [llms.txt](/llms.txt)

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<div id="pslens-context-panel" class="card border-info mb-4 d-none">
  <div class="card-header bg-light text-info py-2 fw-bold d-flex align-items-center border-bottom border-info-subtle">
    <i class="bi bi-info-circle-fill me-2"></i>
    <span>Tailored Operational Context</span>
  </div>
  <div class="card-body p-0">
    <ul class="list-group list-group-flush">
      <li id="row-db" class="list-group-item d-flex align-items-center justify-content-between py-2 d-none">
        <strong>Target Database:</strong>
        <span id="ctx-db" class="badge bg-secondary font-monospace">&mdash;</span>
      </li>
      <li id="row-type" class="list-group-item d-flex align-items-center justify-content-between py-2 d-none">
        <strong>Context Type:</strong>
        <span id="ctx-type" class="badge bg-light text-dark border font-monospace text-uppercase">&mdash;</span>
      </li>
      <li id="row-severity" class="list-group-item d-flex align-items-center justify-content-between py-2 d-none">
        <strong>Alert Severity:</strong>
        <span id="ctx-severity" class="badge">&mdash;</span>
      </li>
      <li id="row-time" class="list-group-item d-flex align-items-center justify-content-between py-2 d-none">
        <strong>Triggered Time:</strong>
        <span id="ctx-time" class="text-muted small">&mdash;</span>
      </li>
      <li id="row-details" class="list-group-item py-2 d-none">
        <strong id="label-details" class="d-block mb-1">Firing Context:</strong>
        <code id="ctx-details" class="d-block p-2 bg-light border rounded small"
          style="white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-all;">&mdash;</code>
      </li>
      <li id="row-sql" class="list-group-item py-2 d-none">
        <div class="d-flex justify-content-between align-items-center mb-1">
          <strong id="label-sql">Contextual SQL:</strong>
          <button id="btn-copy-sql" type="button" class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-secondary py-0 px-2 small">
            <i class="bi bi-clipboard me-1"></i>Copy SQL
          </button>
        </div>
        <pre class="mb-0 p-2 bg-light border rounded small"><code id="ctx-sql" style="white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;">&mdash;</code></pre>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
</div>

<script>
  (function () {
    const params = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
    const metadata = params.get('metadata');
    if (!metadata) return;

    try {
      
      const base64 = metadata.replace(/-/g, '+').replace(/_/g, '/');
      const jsonStr = decodeURIComponent(escape(window.atob(base64)));
      const data = JSON.parse(jsonStr);

      if (data) {
        let hasData = false;

        if (data.db) {
          document.getElementById('ctx-db').textContent = data.db;
          document.getElementById('row-db').classList.remove('d-none');
          hasData = true;
        }

        if (data.type) {
          document.getElementById('ctx-type').textContent = data.type;
          document.getElementById('row-type').classList.remove('d-none');
          hasData = true;
        }

        if (data.severity) {
          const severityBadge = document.getElementById('ctx-severity');
          const severity = data.severity.toLowerCase();
          severityBadge.textContent = severity.toUpperCase();
          if (severity === 'critical') {
            severityBadge.className = 'badge bg-danger';
          } else if (severity === 'warning') {
            severityBadge.className = 'badge bg-warning text-dark';
          } else {
            severityBadge.className = 'badge bg-info';
          }
          document.getElementById('row-severity').classList.remove('d-none');
          hasData = true;
        }

        if (data.t) {
          const date = new Date(data.t * 1000);
          document.getElementById('ctx-time').textContent = date.toLocaleString();
          document.getElementById('row-time').classList.remove('d-none');
          hasData = true;
        }

        if (data.details) {
          document.getElementById('ctx-details').textContent = data.details;

          
          const labelDetails = document.getElementById('label-details');
          if (data.type === 'object') {
            labelDetails.textContent = 'Object Metadata Details:';
          } else if (data.type === 'report') {
            labelDetails.textContent = 'Report Description:';
          } else {
            labelDetails.textContent = 'Firing Context:';
          }

          document.getElementById('row-details').classList.remove('d-none');
          hasData = true;
        }

        if (data.sql) {
          document.getElementById('ctx-sql').textContent = data.sql;
          document.getElementById('row-sql').classList.remove('d-none');
          const copyBtn = document.getElementById('btn-copy-sql');
          if (copyBtn && navigator.clipboard) {
            copyBtn.addEventListener('click', function () {
              navigator.clipboard.writeText(data.sql).then(function () {
                copyBtn.innerHTML = '<i class="bi bi-check2 me-1"></i>Copied';
                setTimeout(function () {
                  copyBtn.innerHTML = '<i class="bi bi-clipboard me-1"></i>Copy SQL';
                }, 2000);
              });
            });
          }
          hasData = true;
        }

        if (hasData) {
          document.getElementById('pslens-context-panel').classList.remove('d-none');
        }
      }
    } catch (e) {
      console.error('Failed to parse operational context metadata:', e);
    }
  })();
</script>

Menus are PeopleSoft's classic navigation containers. Each menu (`PSMENUDEFN`) holds a set of bars, each bar a set of items (`PSMENUITEM`), and each item points to a component the user can launch. Even in a Fluid-dominant world, classic menus matter for security: Permission List authorizations are granted on menu/component pairs, so understanding which menu owns a component is fundamental to access analysis.

## Object Relationships

Menus organize business transactions into structured navigation and security access paths:

- **Points to Components**: Menu items (`PSMENUITEM`) inside a menu (`PSMENUDEFN`) specify the target component (`PNLGRPNAME`) and market (`MARKET`).
- **Secured by Permission Lists**: Permission lists (`PSAUTHITEM`) authorize user access to specific menu item and component combinations.
- **Referenced by Portal CREFs**: Portal content references (`PSPRSMDEFN`) use menu and component URI segments to populate navigation trees.

## How psLens Improves Menu Inspection

In Application Designer, inspecting classic menus requires opening the menu tree, double-clicking individual items to confirm target component and market properties, and right-clicking items to navigate to component definitions.

psLens displays the complete bar and item hierarchy on a single screen with direct links to target components, making it straightforward to audit security pairs and navigation structures.

## Search Page

URL: `/menus?db={database}`

<figure><img src="/images/screenshots/metadata/menus-search.png"
			alt="Menu search results for PROCESS% showing PROCESSMONITOR, PROCESS_SCHEDULER, and others"><figcaption>
			<p>Menu search results for <code>PROCESS%</code></p>
		</figcaption>
</figure>


Wildcard `%` search supported. Each card shows the menu type (Standard or Pop-up) and the descriptive long name.

## Detail Page

URL: `/menus/{MENUNAME}?db={database}`

<figure><img src="/images/screenshots/metadata/menus-detail.png"
			alt="Detail page for PROCESSMONITOR menu"><figcaption>
			<p>Menu detail page for <code>PROCESSMONITOR</code></p>
		</figcaption>
</figure>


The main pane shows **Menu Properties** (type, owner, audit metadata). The sidebar has 2 related-data toggles.

<figure><img src="/images/screenshots/metadata/menus-detail-expanded.png"
			alt="Menu detail page with all panels expanded"><figcaption>
			<p>All panels expanded — short page since menus are simple structures</p>
		</figcaption>
</figure>


## Related Data Panels

### Menu Items

<figure><img src="/images/screenshots/metadata/menus-panel-items.png"
			alt="Menu Items panel"><figcaption>
			<p>Every bar and item in the menu with the target component</p>
		</figcaption>
</figure>


Every bar and item in the menu, with the component (and market) each item launches. Each component is deep-linked into its own psLens detail page, letting you walk straight from a menu entry into the transaction it triggers.

### Included in Projects

<figure><img src="/images/screenshots/metadata/menus-panel-projects.png"
			alt="Included in Projects panel for the menu"><figcaption>
			<p>App Designer projects that include this menu</p>
		</figcaption>
</figure>


App Designer projects that include this menu.