Add New Area to CRM Navigation Pan

The Application Areas in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 include Workplace, Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, Settings and Resource Center. New areas can be added or existing Areas can be removed. However, removing the Settings area is not recommended. You should use privileges to control access to Settings instead.

The Navigation Pane will not display Area elements without visible SubArea elements. SubArea elements may be hidden from users based on security privileges. If all the SubArea elements in an Area are hidden, or none are defined, the Area will not display.

The following script can be used to add New area in Navigation pan under sit map.

<Area Id=”Custom_Area“>
<Titles>
  <Title LCID=”1033” Title=”English Area Title”/>
  <Title LCID=”1031″ Title=”German Area Title”/>
</Titles>
<Descriptions>
  <Description LCID=”1033″ Description=”English Description”/>
  <Description LCID=”1031″ Description=”German Description”/>
</Descriptions>
<Group Id=”Custom_Group”>
  <SubArea Id=”Custom_SubArea”
   Url=”http://my_app/my_page.aspx&#8221;
   AvailableOffline=”false” >
   <Titles>
    <Title LCID=”1033″ Title=”English SubArea Title”/>
    <Title LCID=”1031″ Title=”German SubArea Title”/>
   </Titles>
  </SubArea>
</Group>
</Area>

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