Center Tabs as XML Definitions

Create and manage custom center tabs in a NetSuite account by creating a centertab object in a SuiteCloud project and deploying the project to a target account. Additionally, you can import center tabs from a NetSuite account into a SuiteCloud project.

Use a center tab to associate centers with roles. Additionally, you can designate portlets that should appear on a dashboard when users click the tab.

Note:

Custom center tabs always include five trend graph portlets. These portlets can be accessed by any dashboard created for the custom center tab. Even though these portlets are not represented in the custom center tab XML definition, NetSuite includes them as part of the custom center tab object when it is deployed to a target account.

The following example shows a custom centertab object that makes the custcenter_mycenter center available to all roles:

          <centertab scriptid="custcentertab_custom">
    <allroles>T</allroles>
    <center>[scriptid=custcenter_mycenter]</center>
    <label></label>
    <portlets>
        <portlet scriptid="">
            <portlet></portlet>
            <portletcolumn>1</portletcolumn>
            <isportletshown>T</isportletshown>
        </portlet>
    </portlets>
</centertab>

In addition to center tabs, you can create and manage the following objects in SDF:

Centers — You can create custom centers that you apply to custom roles. For more information, see Centers as XML Definitions.
Center categories — You can add custom categories to standard, built-in NetSuite tabs or custom tabs. For more information, see Center Categories as XML Definitions.

For more information about center tabs, see:

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