Menus

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

Menu search results for PROCESS% showing PROCESSMONITOR, PROCESS_SCHEDULER, and others

Menu search results for PROCESS%

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}

Detail page for PROCESSMONITOR menu

Menu detail page for PROCESSMONITOR

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

Menu detail page with all panels expanded

All panels expanded — short page since menus are simple structures

Menu Items panel

Every bar and item in the menu with the target component

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

Included in Projects panel for the menu

App Designer projects that include this menu

App Designer projects that include this menu.