# Creating `admin/adminmenu.xml` in ProteanCMS

If the site does not have an `admin/adminmenu.xml` file, create it with the following content:

```xml
<AdminMenu>
    <MenuItem name="Admin Home" cmd="AdmHome" display="true">
        <Module name="Trade Applications For Approval" template="SingleMetric" jsonURL="/ewapi/Cms.Admin/QueryValue?query=TradeApplications" url="/?ewCmd=ListUsers&amp;parid=2902"/>
    </MenuItem>
</AdminMenu>
```

### Key Components:

- **Dashboard Box Name**:  
  The string **"Trade Applications For Approval"** is the name of the box that will appear on the dashboard.

- **Configuration Setting**:  
  The term **"TradeApplications"** refers to a setting in `protean.cms.config` that contains the name of a stored procedure. For security reasons, we do not pass the name of the stored procedure directly.

- **Stored Procedure Functionality**:  
  The stored procedure should return a single value. Below is an example stored procedure that returns the number of users in a group with an ID of 2902:

```sql
CREATE PROCEDURE spTradeApplications 
AS
BEGIN
    SET NOCOUNT ON;
    SELECT COUNT(nDirParentId) FROM tblDirectoryRelation WHERE nDirParentId = 2902
END
GO
```

### URL Shortcut

The URL in the `MenuItem` provides a direct shortcut to the relevant page within the CMS:

- **URL Format**:  
``` /?ewCmd=ListUsers&amp;parid=2902 ```

This URL points to the user listing page associated with the group ID.

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