Conditionally Hiding Menu Items in D365 FinOps Menus Without Using Feature Keys

In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations (D365 F&O), menu items are the links that can be clicked on to access forms, reports, classes, jobs, and queries. Feature keys are typically used to control the visibility of menu items based on user licenses. However, there are scenarios where you might want to hide menu items conditionally without relying on feature keys. 

This can be accomplished by extending the 'SysMenuNavigationObjectFactory' class and modifying the checkAddSubMenu(...) method. 

Suppose we want to hide the Vendor payment journal menu item under Accounts payable > Payments > Vendor payment journal

Steps

1. Create an extension of the SysMenuNavigationObjectFactory class

[ExtensionOf(classStr(SysMenuNavigationObjectFactory))]

internal final class SysMenuNavigationObjectFactory_PS_Extension

{

}

2. Create a Chain of Command (CoC) for the checkAddSubMenu method

[ExtensionOf(classStr(SysMenuNavigationObjectFactory))]

internal final class SysMenuNavigationObjectFactory_PS_Extension

{

    protected boolean checkAddSubMenu(SysDictMenu _rootMenu, SysDictMenu _subMenu)

    {

        boolean isVisible = next checkAddSubMenu(_rootMenu, _subMenu);

        isVisible = isVisible && this.checkMyConditionsForMenuItem(_subMenu.name());       

        return isVisible;

    }

}

3. Add your conditional logic to control the visibility of the menu item  

[ExtensionOf(classStr(SysMenuNavigationObjectFactory))]

internal final class SysMenuNavigationObjectFactory_PS_Extension

{

    protected boolean checkAddSubMenu(SysDictMenu _rootMenu, SysDictMenu _subMenu)

    {

        boolean isVisible = next checkAddSubMenu(_rootMenu, _subMenu);

        isVisible = isVisible && this.checkMyConditionsForMenuItem(_subMenu.name());    

        return isVisible;

    }

    private boolean checkMyConditionsForMenuItem(str _menuItem)

    {

        boolean isVisible = true;

        switch (_menuItem)

        {

            case menuItemDisplayStr(LedgerJournalTable5):

                // Add your logic to control the visibility here

                isVisible = false;

                break;

        }

        return isVisible;

    }

}

While feature keys are a powerful tool for controlling menu item visibility, there are situations where conditional hiding without relying on them is necessary. By leveraging  this X++ code, you can achieve flexible and dynamic menu item visibility in D365 F&O.