---
title: Add menu items to primary navigation
description: Add non-taxonomy menu items to the primary navigation bar by configuring the Employee Center Menu record. The non-taxonomy menu items are displayed as a simple list.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/employee-service-management/employee-experience-foundation/add-menu-items.html
release: australia
product: Employee Experience Foundation
classification: employee-experience-foundation
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Mega menu configuration, Setup Employee Center browse experience features, Configuring Employee Center, Employee Center, Unified Employee Experience, Employee Service Management]
---

# Add menu items to primary navigation

Add non-taxonomy menu items to the primary navigation bar by configuring the Employee Center Menu record. The non-taxonomy menu items are displayed as a simple list.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin

## About this task

The topics and child topics you create in the taxonomy are displayed as mega menu items in the Employee Center home page. The default non-taxonomy menu items that are displayed depend on the plugins that you installed. For example, the Employee Center displays the Org Chart menu item when you install the Content Delivery \(com.sn\_content\_delivery\) plugin. The Employee Center Pro displays the Employee Forums menu item when you install the Communities \(com.sn\_communities\) plugin.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Service Portal** > **Menus**.

2.  Change the **Application scope** to **Employee Center**.

    You must set the application scope to add a menu item.

3.  Next to the **Title** field, click **Preview this record** and open the record.

    \[Omitted image "menu-item.png"\] Alt text: Configure menu items

4.  In the **Menu Items** related list, click **New** or open an existing record.

5.  On the form, fill in the fields.

    For a description of the field values, see [Menu Item form](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/employee-experience-foundation/menu-item-form.md).

6.  Click **Submit**.

    The non-taxonomy menu items are displayed next to the taxonomy menu items in the primary navigation bar.