Add a menu item to WebMethods Admin Console

Overview

The WebMethods menu on the left hand side has a series of menu sections and menu items. These are controlled by a series of services in the package (contained within package WmRoot): wm.server.ui The main service which results in all the menu iteams is called wm.server.ui:mainMenu. You can view the results of this service by: 1) going to the console 2) Project Management 3) Package WmRoot 4) Browse services for this package 5) Execute it. You will also see on this page a list of services available. However do not use the services to create the menu items.

Solution

To add your own custom menu link, create 3 services in WebMethods Developer.

• addSolution
• removeSolution
• callback

The process:

• The first two services need to call services called wm.server.ui.addSolution or wm.server.ui.removeSolution respectively.
  • For the callback parameter, make them point to your callback service. e.g. zzDavid.davidTest.menuAdmin:callback
  • Note: to create this flow service create any service and manually change its General -> Service property on the right.
• For the callback service place a MAP step and add the following parameters:

  Name	Description	Value
  name	Description of menu	WmUnit
  text	The text to display	WmUnit
  url	The url link	../WmUnit.dsp
  target	The target link to display	WmUnit.dsp

• Run the Add service to create a menu item which will by default go into the Solutions menu section
  • Note the 3 periods (...) are automatically appended at the end of the text name
  • Use the Remove service with the same callback parameters to remove the menu item