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The interface elements
The interface displays the elements specific to the profile with which you are connected.
A/ Navigation menu and panes, B/ Search bar, C/Main menu, D/ Edit Area and associated toolbars
Navigation menu and panes
The navigation menu gives access to navigation panes that vary according to the solution and the connection profile.
The navigation panes correspond to the various types of objects or various steps of a project.
Example 
In HOPEX IT Portfolio Management, the desktop visible to the application portfolio manager displays the following navigation panes:
When you select a navigation pane, a list of specific objects appear in the pane.
Example 
For example, click the Inventory pane to access the types of objects that make up the IT assets: applications, technologies, portfolios, etc., classified according to different criteria:
• All applications of the repository
• The applications outside of a portfolio
• Applications without owner
• etc.
Most HOPEX profiles have access to the following navigation panes:
• Home: provides quick access to user objects. See Customizing the Home Page of your Desktop.
• Dashboards: displays the list of indicators required to steer objects such as processes, applications, or org-units. See Customizing your Dashboard.
• List of tasks: displays the tasks assigned to the user.
• Reports: presents a set of dynamic reports that enable repository data analysis according to different perspectives.
Breadcrumb trail
A common thread enables you to access and browse in the navigation pane tree.
Search bar
The search bar enables quick searches (full-text searches and searches by object type) in the entire repository.
Main menu
The Main Menu gives access to actions that concern:
• dispatching
*You can dispatch or refresh your work at any time. For more details on dispatching and refreshing, see Managing workspaces.
• collaborative work
• the advanced search
• import/export tools
*See the documentation related to each of them.
• the mapping editor
• changing data language.
• user options
*For more details on options, see Managing Options.
• online documentation, which provides access to HOPEX user and technical documentation as well as a search tool.
Edit Area
The edit area is used to perform business and technical operations proposed by the selected Solution.
In the edit area, you can display the list of objects, the detail of objects, their diagrams, analysis reports, etc.