Understanding components in the site map

Site map consists of three main components:

• Area: Area can be defined as the main node or area inside the navigation pane that consists of groups and their corresponding subarea. A new area can be added or the existing area can be updated or deleted. If an area doesn't consist of any visible subarea, the area will be hidden.
• Group: Groups can be defined as a collection or group of subareas. Just like an area, a new group can be added or an existing group can be updated or deleted.
• Subarea: A subarea can be defined as a navigation link within the area that defines what should load inside CRM's main pane when clicked. The subarea can point to a dashboard, an entity, a URL, or a web resource. Just like area and group, a new subarea can be added and an existing subarea can be updated or deleted.

Referring to our Sales app interface:

• Sales, Marketing, Settings, and Training are termed as areas
• My Work, Customers, Sales, Collateral, Marketing, Goals, and Tools are groups within the Sales area
• Dashboards, What's New, and Activities are subareas inside the My Work group.

The Sales area would have subareas specific to Sales, arranged inside what are termed as groups. Similarly, the Marketing, Settings and Training Area will have corresponding subareas inside the corresponding group. As shown in the following screenshot, the Marketing Area has Dashboards, Activities, Accounts, Contacts, Leads, Marketing Lists, Campaigns, Quick Campaigns, and so on. It also has subareas specific to the marketing module. These subareas are arranged inside the My Work, Customers, Marketing, Collateral, and Tools groups:

Now, as we have got the overview of the site map components, let us look at the different properties of each of these components in the next section.