Creating Application Shortcuts


The Application Portal supports the creation of application shortcuts, which can integrate the modules or menus of different applications to form a new application to meet the needs of different business scenarios.

Prerequisites

The enterprise or organization has registered or purchased applications for creating shortcuts, and the organization has obtained the permissions to configure menus from multiple applications.

Create an Application Shortcut

  1. Log in to the Application Portal and go to Admin Console > Application Management.

  2. In the list of applications, find the application for which a shortcut needs to be created, hover over the ellipsis (…) and select New Shortcut.

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  3. On the Shortcut Details page, click Edit to edit the name, category, and description of the application shortcut.

  4. Click Submit.

The application shortcut appears in the list of applications with a Shortcut icon icon_shortcut displayed next to its name.

Manage Application Shortcuts

Once an application shortcut is created, it will inherit all the valid menus and menu structure of the main application by default. You can combine new menus for the application shortcut by adding, subtracting, or ordering menus.


From the list of applications, find the application shortcut that you have created, hover over the ellipsis (…) and select Manage Shortcut.

You can perform the following operations in the Shortcut Details page:

  • View the menu source: In the Added Menus section, move the cursor over the Link icon.

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  • Create a new top-level menu for the application shortcut: From the Add Menus drop-down list, select Add top-level menu, and fill in the details as necessary.

Note

  • You cannot add sub-menus to a top-level menu that contains a URL.

  • If you want to specify a URL for an existing top-level menu that already has sub-menus, you must first remove all sub-menus.

  • Get more menus from other applications for which your organization has permissions: From the Add Menus drop-down list, select Add from other applications to combine the menus from multiple applications into the application shortcut.

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  • Sort the menus: Click Sort Menus, drag the menu names to change their display position, and then click Submit. The menus will be displayed in the new order in the application shortcut.

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  • Edit a menu: Click the Edit icon, and modify the details as necessary.

  • Remove a menu: Click the Delete icon.


The management operations for the created application shortcuts are basically the same as the main applications, including enabling, disabling, assigning organization structures, and managing menu groups.


If a menu in the application shortcut is deauthorized, the menu will be automatically deleted. If the main application is deauthorized, the application shortcut will be automatically deleted.


To delete an application shortcut, hover over the ellipsis (…) and select Delete Shortcut.