[SalesForce] Help needed in Tab settings

i got so much confusion even it is simple one. i am unable to getting exact solution to it. Here is my query………

Tab settings: default on

Custom Object Permissions: No Access

In this condition, products1 object is not visible on tab bar.

Tab settings: default on

Custom Object Permissions: Read only

In this condition, products1 object is visible on tab bar.

i heave given tab setting is default on. if i given default on permission on object it has to visible on tab bar. but Products1 object is not visible if i did not given read only/edit/create/something other than no access to Custom Object Permissions.

Could any one explain me clearly what is the use of tab setting permission along with object permission?

Thanking you

KS Kumaar

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When you set up the tab visibility to default on, it would appear on the top bar along with the other tabs, while if you set this to default off, user will be still have access to the tab but he / she will have to click on the + symbol at the end of all tabs and then access it.

If you make the tab hidden, then it will neither be visible at the top bar, and nor by clicking on the + button. However there is a feature available to every user to customize the list of tabs which has to appear once they login as per their preferences.

For a profile you can set the status of tabs as "Default On", "Default Off" and "Tab Hidden"

Default On: User with this Tab setting will be able to see the Tab for custom object every time he enters in to the SFDC.
Default Off: User with this Tab setting will NOT be able to see the Tab for a custom object when he enters in to SFDC but has the ability to add this tab to his view by customizing the tab view.
Tab Hidden: User with this Tab setting will be NOT be able to see the Tab for a custom object and even will NOT be able to bring the tab by customizing the tab view settings.

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What you can actually expose is limited by the type of licenses you have. As I understand it, even the new salesforce communities require a license; albeit a less expensive one.

Any app you create has to be accessed through a customer portal. With communities being new, I don't believe all of the documentation has completely caught up with them, but licensing is still an issue that has to be addressed before they can be implemented.

We're in the midst of building a site based on the High Volume Customer Portal license that will transition to Communities licenses once the existing HVCP licenses expire. In any case, it's the profile for the license you'll be using that needs to have the tabs enabled.

[SalesForce] Can we control the VisualForce Tab Visibility using custom settings

I belive that you can't do that in Custom Setting.

    Salesforce.com allows each user to customize his or her display, including control of which tabs are turned on and which related lists are displayed on each detail page.


For Professional Edition, display customization is a user-specific setting. There is no way for an administrator to turn tabs on or off for all users at once.

If you are a System Administrator, you can forward these instructions to your users to have them turn Tabs on or off:

           1. Log into Salesforce.

           2. Click on:

            Setup | Personal Setup | My Personal Information | Change My 

            Display |Customize My Tabs.

           3. Select the desired tab from the selected tabs or available tabs list.

           4. Click remove or add to move the tab to the available tabs list or

            selected tabs  list.

           5. Click "Save".


For Enterprise Edition, custom profiles can control which tabs appear. To customize an existing custom profile and hide or turn off tabs, follow these steps.
            1. Click on:

             Setup | Administration Setup | Manage Users | Profiles.

            2. Click the edit link to the left of the custom profile.

            3. In the tab settings area, select the appropriate value from the picklist.

The following choices affect tab visibility.

             1. Default On: Show the tab by default for users with this profile.

              Individual users can override this setting for their login. 


             2. Default Off: Hide the tab by default for users with this profile.

              Individual users can override this setting.


             3. Tab Hidden: Hide the tab and do not allow individual users to

              override this setting in their personal customization.

But you can create VF page where you could manage those permission sets. How about that? After you create those permission set you can manage assign in this page based on :

PermissionSetAssignment object

Or even you can create hierarchical custom setting with Boolean value for all users and create method that will assign this permission set based on custom setting.

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