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Using the example application system described in the previous section, we can visualize it as a series of independently accessible menus as follows:

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     CUSWRK                CUSREP                    ORDWRK
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    ------                 -----                  -----|------
   |       |             |       |             |       |       |
 CUS001  CUS002        CUS003  CUS004        ORD001  ORD002  ORD003

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     PROWRK                PROREP                    TABWRK
       |                     |                         |
       |                  ------                    ------
       |                 |       |                 |       |
    PRO0001            PRO002  PRO003            TBL001  TBL002

^{CUSWRK CUSREP ORDWRK}
^{| | |}
^{------------ ---------- --------|----------}
^{| | | | | | |}
^{CUS001 CUS002 CUS003 CUS004 ORD001 ORD002 ORD003}

^{¨ PROWRK PROREP TABWRK}
^{| | |
|}^{---------- ----------
| | | | |}
^{PRO0001 PRO002 PRO003 TBL001 TBL002}

However, taking it one step further, by using the "process attachment" capability of LANSA (described in Other Processes on the Process Menu in the LANSA for i User Guide), we can quickly create a generalized "menu" (actually a new process called SYSMNU) for end users of this system. This could be visualized like this:

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^SYSMNU
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^{| | | | |}
^{CUSWRK | CUSREP | ORDWRK}
^{| | | | |}
^{----------- | ------------ | ------------|-----------}
^{| | | | | | | | |
CUS001 CUS002 | CUS003 CUS004 | ORD001 ORD002 ORD003
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| |
PROWRK PROREP
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| ----------
| | |
PRO0001 PRO002 PRO003}

One step further still, and a "tailored menu" can be created, say, for the accounting department. This "tailored menu" is actually another process called ACCMNU, and it can be visualized as follows:

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^ACCMNU^|^{-------------------------------------------------------------------}

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^{| | | | |}^{CUSWRK CUS0003 PRO001 | ORDWRK}^{| | |}^{----------- PROREP -----------}^{| | | | |}^{CUS001 CUS002 ----------- ORD001 ORD002}^{| |}^{PRO002 PRO003}

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The MAIN POINT of the above exercise is that the grouping of functions into processes at design time need not have anything at all to do with their final organization within the complete application system.

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