Defining labels for the features in the new menu group and its items

Last Updated : Jun 05, 2026 |

About this task

The display feature.properties file specifies the labels that the EPM displays to the end user on the Roles page.

Procedure

  1. In an ASCII text editor, open the display feature.properties file in the TomcatHome/lib/extensions/UniqueDirectoryName/messages directory.

    Where TomcatHome is the directory in which the Tomcat servlet engine software is installed and UniqueDirectoryName is the directory defined in Defining a unique extensions directory. The default is /opt/Tomcat/tomcat

  2. Create the basic template for the features.properties file by adding the following tags:
    #{{START:FEATURES:EXTENSIONS:UniqueDirectoryName
    #}}END:FEATURES:EXTENSIONS:UniqueDirectoryName
    
  3. Add a section for each menu group that you added to the configuration menu.xml file.
    myMenuGroup=groupDisplayText
    myMenuItem=itemDisplayText

    Where,

    • myMenuGroup is the menu group identifier specified in the menu.xml configuration file.

    • myMenuItem is the menu item identifier specified in the menu.xml configuration file.

    • groupDisplayText is the group label that Experience Portal displays in the EPM main menu.

    • itemDisplayText is the item label that Experience Portal displays in the EPM main menu.

    Note:

    Ensure that the display text specified for the menu group and menu items in feature.properties match the display text specified for the same in menu.properties file.

  4. Save and close the file.
  5. Insert the contents of this file within the #{{START:FEATURES:EXTENSIONS and #}}END:FEATURES:EXTENSIONS tags, into the display features.properties file under the TomcatHome/lib/messages directory.

    Where, TomcatHome is the directory in which the Tomcat servlet engine software is installed. The default is /opt/Tomcat/tomcat.

Example

For example:

#{{START:FEATURES:EXTENSIONS 
#{{START:FEATURES:EXTENSIONS:UniqueDirectoryName
myMenuGroup=My Menu Group
myUserItem=Users
myAdminItem=Administrators
myUserMgrItem=User Manager
#}}END:FEATURES:EXTENSIONS:UniqueDirectoryName
#}}END:FEATURES:EXTENSIONS