Configure tabs for standard ticket page

task brazil Updated Sep 10, 2026 2 min read configure-tabs-for-standard-ticket-page.md
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You can configure the tabs for the standard ticket page.

Before you begin

Role required: admin and sp_admin

About this task

  • By default, the Activity and Attachments type tab configurations are available for all standard configurations. Other default tab configurations may vary based on the task-extended table. For example, for the sc_req_item configuration, the Variable Editor (Read-Only) type is also available.
  • You can’t duplicate any tab type other than Custom.
  • You can configure a maximum of six tabs.
  • You can add either Variable Editor (Read-Only) or the Variable Summarizer tab type.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to All > Standard Ticket > Standard Ticket Configuration.

  2. On the Ticket Configuration form, select the Tab Configurations related list.

  3. Select New.

  4. On the form, fill in the fields.

Field

Description

Type

Tab type based on which a widget is displayed. Possible options are:- Activity

  • Associated Requests
  • Attachments
  • Custom
  • Variable Editor (Read-Only)
  • Variable Summarizer

Tab name

Name of the tab.

Application

Application associated with the ticket configuration.

Order

Order in which the tab should be displayed in the tabs section. The tab with the least order is the tab selected on the page load.

Advanced

Option to enable adding a script for the tab visibility. By default, this check box is cleared.

Visible(Script)

Script for the tab visibility.- If the script returns true, the tab is visible on the standard ticket page.

  • If the script returns false, the tab is not visible on the standard ticket page. Note: This field appears only when the Advanced check box is selected.

Visible

Conditions for the tab visibility. This is not displayed if the Advanced check box is selected.

Widget

Widget that should be displayed in the tabs section. This field appears only when Custom is selected from Type.

Widget parameters

Comma-separated list of tab widget parameters. This field appears only when Custom is selected from Type.

5. On the Ticket Configuration form, select **Update**.

Parent Topic:Configure the standard ticket page

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