### Main navigation pane

The navigation pane on the left of each page provides access to the following objects, displayed on the right:

- Tasks for PDM and ERP objects - Indicates the number of tasks pending on your task list. Tasks are available for users with a user type of Observer and above. See User roles and authorizations, and See Tasks. By default, SSA ECM opens with the Tasks page.
- Item - Shows your selection of engineering items. See Items.
- Document - Shows your selection of documents.
- Folder - Shows your selection of PDM folders, documents, and engineering items.
- Business Process - Shows your selection of business processes.
- ERP Objects - If you click ERP Objects, the ERP objects to which you have access are listed immediately below the shortcut. If you click any of these objects, the object's details appear to the right of the object.

To increase the display size of the SSA ECM pages, you can do one of the following:

- Drag and drop the separator line to resize the navigation pane.
- Click the button to minimize the navigation pane. To restore the navigation pane to the default size, click .

The Other Applications list at the top of the navigation pane enables you to start any of a set of applications defined by the SSA ECM administrator.

SSA ECM 8.0 SP1 User's Guide © Copyright 2004 SSA Global Technologies (Israel), Ltd.