Enable the side panel
A side panel is a navigation option that can be enabled for a generic inquiry on the Navigation tab of the Generic inquiry (SM208000) window. The side panel can be used to display the details of entities related to a record that is currently selected on the inquiry window. The side panel navigation path can be added to existing generic inquires or new ones.
- Go to the Generic inquiry (SM208000) window.
- In the Inquiry title field, select the generic inquiry for which you want to enable the side panel.
- In the Windows area of the Navigation tab, add the window of the related entity whose details you want to review in the resulting side panel.
- In the Navigation parameters table, specify the parameters to be passed to the selected window.
- In the Window mode field, select the Side panel option.
- In the Icon field, select an image to be displayed in the selection area of the side panel.
- Click
. - Optional: You can add multiple side panel navigation paths to a generic inquiry by repeating step 3 to 7 for each additional window.
The only limit is the set of tables in the generic inquiry, which you can easily expand by adding new tables and setting up table relations. With multiple side panel navigation paths, for each record in the inquiry, you can view the details of multiple related entities, by switching between paths in the selection area of the side panel.
Be aware that large inquiries with a lot joins of different tables could influence the loading time of a side panel.
To view your side panels, you can click the View inquiry button and expand the side bar by clicking the Display or Hide button (arrow in upper right corner) that shows the side panels of the window. For more information, see: About side panels
You can add a dashboard with parameters to a side panel. Adding the navigation path for a dashboard is done the same way as for the other windows. When you are going through the records of the inquiry, the system will filter widget data by the parameters passed from the inquiry. For more information, see: About dashboard configuration