Customize Top Level Navigation Menu

How do I customize the TLN menu options to show only the ones i need, nstead of the standard 'Java Development, System Adminstration and so on...'. I want to remove these standard menu options for a set of roles.
Thanks
Sid

Hi Sid,
when you go on Useradministration -> Roles and select a user, you might see some roles gray out because of other dependencies. For example you can not remove ContentManager and JavaDeveloper because this roles have been assign to some groups to which this user belongs.
The best way to check this, is to go to Useradminstration -> Roles, and search the role "ContentManager". Select it and check if it is assign to a specific group in which your users might belong.
Eric, SAP recommends to assign the eu_role to the group "All Users", so that every user has some content when entering the portal. But this is not done by any installation automatically as far as I know.
Best regards,
Robert

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><%@ page import = "com.sapportals.portal.prt.service.laf.*" %>
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><%
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>
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>%>
>
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>    
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>
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>
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[Note 950426 - Portal Back button not working correctly|https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/com.sap.km.cm.docs/oss_notes/sdn_oss_ep_pi/~form/handler%7b5f4150503d3030323030363832353030303030303031393732265f4556454e543d444953504c4159265f4e4e554d3d393530343236%7d]
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[Customizing Top Level Navigation|https://forums.sdn.sap.com/thread.jspa?threadID=511530]
[Customize Portal TLN|https://forums.sdn.sap.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1145007]
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Hi,
As Rightly said
1) First copy ESS folder created in "Content provided by SAP" under "Portal Content".
2) Copy standard ESS Role for u r customization
3) Open Custom Role "Employee Self Service"
4) Property Category : Navigation
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