Controlling Subtab App Visibility

Once you have configured subtab apps, you can specify which users can see specific tabs on the profile page.
Available in: Contact Manager, Group, Professional, Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions

User Permissions Needed
To view apps: “View Setup and Configuration”
To manage apps: “Customize Application”

To control the visibility of tabs within a subtab app:

  1. From Setup, click Manage Users | Profiles.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • Original profile user interface—Click Edit next to the profile you want to modify and scroll to the Tab Settings section.
    • Enhanced profile user interface—Click the profile you want to modify and click Object Settings. Click the object you want to modify and click Edit.

    Some profiles, including Chatter External and Chatter Free users, don’t have the permissions needed to view subtab apps.

    Note

  3. Change the tab settings.
    End users can’t customize the display of subtab apps. Administrators can hide tabs within subtab apps using the Tab Hidden option in Tab Settings. Users can see tabs set to Default Off and Default On.
  4. (Original profile user interface only) To reset users’ tab customizations to the tab visibility settings that you specify, select Overwrite users’ personal tab customizations.
  5. Click Save.