# Schema Menu Item

In DatoCMS you can organize the different models and blocks present in your administrative area reordering and grouping them, so that their purpose will be more clear to the final editor.

## Object payload

**`id`**

- Type: string
- Example: `"uinr2zfqQLeCo_1O0-ao-Q"`

RFC 4122 UUID of schema menu item expressed in URL-safe base64 format

**`type`**

- Type: string

Must be exactly `"schema_menu_item"`.
JSON API type field

**`label`**

- Type: null, string
- Example: `"Posts"`

The label of the schema menu item (only present when the schema menu item is not linked to an item type)

**`position`**

- Type: integer
- Example: `1`

Ordering index

**`kind`**

- Type: enum
- Example: `"item_type"`

Indicates if the schema menu item refers to an item type or a modular block

<details>
<summary>Show enum values</summary>

**`item_type`**

**`modular_block`**

</details>

**`item_type`**

- Type: [ResourceLinkage\<"item_type"\>](https://www-draft.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/item_type.md), null

Item type associated with the schema menu item

**`parent`**

- Type: null, [ResourceLinkage\<"schema_menu_item"\>](https://www-draft.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/schema_menu_item.md)

Parent schema menu item

**`children`**

- Type: Array<[ResourceLinkage\<"schema_menu_item"\>](https://www-draft.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/schema_menu_item.md)>

Underlying schema menu items

## Available endpoints

-   [Create a new schema menu item](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/schema-menu-item/create.md)
-   [Update a schema menu item](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/schema-menu-item/update.md)
-   [List all schema menu items](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/schema-menu-item/instances.md)
-   [Retrieve a schema menu item](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/schema-menu-item/self.md)
-   [Delete a schema menu item](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/schema-menu-item/destroy.md)

## Related content in "Content Management API"

- [Content Management API Overview](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api.md)
- [Using the JavaScript CMA client](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/using-the-nodejs-clients.md)
- [API versioning](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/api-versioning.md)
- [Authentication](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/authentication.md)
- [Environments](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/setting-the-environment.md)
- [Error codes & handling failures (CMA)](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/errors.md)
- [Pagination](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/pagination.md)
- [Asynchronous jobs](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/async-jobs.md)
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- [Record](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/item.md)
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- [Scheduled unpublishing](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/scheduled-unpublishing.md)
- [Upload](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/upload.md)
- [Site](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/site.md)
- [Model/Block model](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/item-type.md)
- [Field](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/field.md)
- [Fieldset](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/fieldset.md)
- [Record version](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/item-version.md)
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- [Upload track](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/upload-track.md)
- [Manual tags](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/upload-tag.md)
- [Smart tags](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/upload-smart-tag.md)
- [Upload Collection](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/upload-collection.md)
- [Search Index](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/search-index.md)
- [Search result](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/search-result.md)
- [Search indexing activity](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/search-index-event.md)
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- [Maintenance mode](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/maintenance-mode.md)
- [Menu Item](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/menu-item.md)
- [Schema Menu Item](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/schema-menu-item.md)
- [Create a new schema menu item](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/schema-menu-item/create.md)
- [Update a schema menu item](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/schema-menu-item/update.md)
- [List all schema menu items](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/schema-menu-item/instances.md)
- [Retrieve a schema menu item](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/schema-menu-item/self.md)
- [Delete a schema menu item](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/schema-menu-item/destroy.md)
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- [Collaborator](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/user.md)
- [Role](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/role.md)
- [API token](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/access-token.md)
- [Webhook](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/webhook.md)
- [Webhook call](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/webhook-call.md)
- [Build trigger](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/build-trigger.md)
- [Deploy activity](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/build-event.md)
- [Subscription limit](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/subscription-limit.md)
- [Subscription feature](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/subscription-feature.md)
- [SSO Settings](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/sso-settings.md)
- [SSO User](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/sso-user.md)
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- [Audit log event](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/audit-log-event.md)