Elements in the sysmenu.xml file

You use the following elements to define menus and menu items in the sysmenu.xml file.

The <menugroup> element identifies a menu in the user interface, and contains elements that define the label for the menu and the items that it offers. This element has the following attribute:

Attribute	Description
id	Unique identifier for the menu.

The <menugroup> element has no value. It can contain the following child elements: <display> and <menuitem>.

display

The <display> element defines the label that Marketing Operations displays in the user interface for this menu. This element has no attributes and no child elements. The attribute value is the name that you want to use.

menuitem

The <menuitem> element defines an item on a menu. This element has the following attributes:

Attribute	Description
id	Unique identifier for the module that corresponds to this menu item. A corresponding module id value must be present in the sysmodules.xml file.
type	The type of the module that corresponds to this menu item. Optional.

The <menuitem> element has no value or child elements.

To include a horizontal line between two menu items, you add a <separator/> element to sysmenu.xml between the <menuitem> elements.