Creating Center Tabs

Center Tabs are displayed in the first page of the account. Administrators and users with the Custom Center Tabs permission can create center tabs. We use center tabs to add custom tabs to roles. Center tabs can include categories of links to NetSuite pages, custom records, Suitelets, or external web pages. We can also designate which portlets we want to appear on the dashboard when users click the tab. We can customize center tabs only if the Custom Records feature is enabled.

To create a center tab:

1. Go to Customization > Centers and Tabs > Center Tabs > New.

1. In the Label field, enter a name for the tab. Users click the name to view the contents of the tab.
2. From the Center list, select the center for which you want to add the tab. If you want to show the tab in all centers, select -All-.
3. Click the Contents subtab. Then, on the Categories subtab, in the Name column, enter a name for a category of links.
4. Click the Portlets subtab.
5. In the Type column, add Links.
6. In the Column column, enter left, right, or center to define the location where the portlet appears on the tab.
7. To have the link show, check the Show bow and add
8. Add all the required portlets to the tab.
9. Click the Audience subtab.
10. Specify who can access the custom center. For each area, you can make the custom center available to all by checking the Select All box. Indicate the areas that have access. You can specify:
    • roles
    • employees – giving permission to specific employees could create extra maintenance requirements when employees change roles or leave the company. The best practice is to assign a custom center to a role instead of directly to an employee.
    • departments
    • groups
    • customers
    • vendors
    • partners
11. On the Translation subtab, enter translated labels for the custom center tab. The Translation subtab is available only if the Multi-Languages feature is enabled in your account.
12. Click Save.