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Menu Types & Settings

Before you build a CommCare form, you will need to decide what kind of menu you want your form to be nested in. Below are some of the options.

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All menu types can be managed in Menu Settings. To find Menu settings, click, the top-level menu item and it will bring you to the settings.

As you can see, menu settings look different depending on the menu item that you have selected

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Surveys

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Read more here: Survey Development

When building surveys in CommCare, all forms are nested within a Survey Menu that can only add other survey forms.

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In the Survey Menu, the only settings that exist are related to Multimedia in CommCare .

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Case List

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Read more here: Case Management

When you select a case list, your application will always start with a registration form. In building out other forms, you have the option to select another registration or follow-up form.

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As you can see, the Case List Menu is more complicated than a Survey Menu. In this, we have the following settings

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Menu: This is where you define your case management parameters, including your case type

Multimedia: Like Surveys, this is related to Multimedia in CommCare

Case List & Case Details

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: On these two tabs, you can define and configure your case management settings, as described here: Case List and Case Detail Configuration

Shadow Menu

A shadow menu essentially replicates another menu that you previously identified. It is most similar in nature to the Case List Menu.