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Harness IDP Sidebar Navigation

In Harness IDP, you as a platform admin can customize the sidebar navigation to ensure the end-users see what's important for them. This can be used to add new plugins, reorder existing items based on priority, add custom links to different tools for quick access, etc. The Sidenav changes are reflected for everyone using Harness IDP and does not affect any other Harness modules.

The Layout Editor​

You can access the Sidenav Layout editor by navigating to Harness IDP and choosing Admin from the sidebar.

You can then choose Layout from the Sidenav and choose the Sidebar Navigation Layout.

Example Sidenav Layout YAML
page:
  children:
    - name: SidebarGroup
      props:
        label: Search
        to: /search
      children:
        - name: SidebarSearchModal
    - name: SidebarDivider
    - name: SidebarItem
      props:
        to: overview
        text: Home
    - name: SidebarItem
      props:
        to: catalog
        text: Catalog
    - name: SidebarItem
      props:
        to: create
        text: Workflows
    - name: SidebarItem
      props:
        to: docs
        text: Docs
    - name: SidebarItem
      props:
        to: api-docs
        text: APIs
    - name: SidebarItem
      props:
        to: catalog-import
        text: Register
    - name: SidebarDivider

Let's take an example of how you can add a new Custom Link to let's say your internal Sonarqube instance. This will open the link in a new tab.

- name: SidebarItem
  props:
    to: https://mysonarqube.internal.net
    text: Sonarqube

Change the default Catalog landing page​

You can also update existing Sidenav links to change the default landing behavior for users. Let's say you want users to see Systems by default when they click on Catalog. You can update the Catalog item with the following -

- name: SidebarItem
  props:
    to: catalog?filters%5Bkind%5D=system
    text: Catalog

Custom Plugins​

If you have built a Custom Plugin inside IDP and are exporting a full page component, you can link to the plugin from the Sidenav as well.

- name: SidebarItem
  props:
    to: EntityMyCustomPluginPage
    text: MyPlugin