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title: "Customizing Standard Tabs"
slug: "modifying-standard-profile-tab-settings"
description: "Configure standard record tabs in Slate, including tab status, dashboard content, portal settings, and read permissions."
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updated: 2026-10-19T19:24:53Z
published: 2026-10-19T19:24:53Z
canonical: "knowledge.technolutions.net/modifying-standard-profile-tab-settings"
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# Customizing Standard Tabs

You can change settings for the standard record tabs in **Database → Tabs.**

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/cd8ea7a6-07f3-4846-a554-627ac016d3e3/Images/Documentation/Tabs.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-10T12%3A20%3A03Z&se=2026-11-10T13%3A20%3A03Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=LCgfCH0lBC6qDg%2BKZ0qv35g33E6CC%2FotpDyj0GJ99Qk%3D)

The default record tabs that come with a [Slate for Admissions 4-year database](/v1/docs/customizing-your-turnkey-4-year-graduate-admissions-database)

Some tabs, like the application record’s *Details* or the person record’s *More Information*, are made using the same custom tab tool that you have access to. System tabs are built into Slate and have different settings. The **Type** column identifies these tabs as **System**. Older layouts, including the screenshot above, prefix their names with `System -`. Select the tab you’d like to customize, or select **Insert** to create a [custom tab](/v1/docs/custom-tabs).

## Standard tab settings

The following settings are available for configuration in standard tabs:

[![Tab Settings](https://cdn.us.document360.io/cd8ea7a6-07f3-4846-a554-627ac016d3e3/Images/Documentation/tab_settings.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-10T12%3A20%3A03Z&se=2026-11-10T13%3A20%3A03Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=LCgfCH0lBC6qDg%2BKZ0qv35g33E6CC%2FotpDyj0GJ99Qk%3D)](https://cdn.us.document360.io/cd8ea7a6-07f3-4846-a554-627ac016d3e3/Images/Documentation/tab_settings.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-10T12%3A20%3A03Z&se=2026-11-10T13%3A20%3A03Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=LCgfCH0lBC6qDg%2BKZ0qv35g33E6CC%2FotpDyj0GJ99Qk%3D)

## Status

By default, all standard tabs are *Active* and appear on the person record. Set a standard tab's **Status** to *Inactive* to hide its navigation link.

On [dataset records](/v1/docs/datasets-overview), dashboard content can remain visible when the **Dashboard** tab is inactive. For example, an Organizations record can still show its application statistics and contacts after the **Dashboard** navigation link is hidden. The dashboard configured in **Database → Dashboards** has a separate **Status**. Setting both the tab and the dashboard to *Inactive* can still leave dashboard content visible on the dataset record. After you change these settings, open a record in that dataset to check the navigation link and the content separately. See [Dashboards](/v1/docs/records-dashboards) for dashboard configuration.

## Name

The names of standard tabs cannot be modified.

## Portal

You can override the standard person *Dashboard* tab with a portal.

This setting is only available for the person-scoped **System - Dashboard** tab.

1. Create an express [portal with *User* security and *Person* scope](/v1/docs/express-portals).
2. Select the portal from the **Dashboard** list.
3. Select **Save**.

The person record’s default *Dashboard* tab is replaced by your portal content.

## Read Permission

Select a permission from the list. Only those users with this permission will be able to see the tab.

**📖** [Permissions](/v1/docs/user-access)

## Notes

Add internal notes regarding the tab. Notes do not appear on the tab itself.