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NSC | Creating Links to NetSuite Pages with a specified Subtab selected by default
Any page in NetSuite can have a Subtab selected by default upon loading.
Just append the following to the URL of the page:
&selectedtab=[SubtabID]
where [SubtabID] is the ID of the subtab to be selected by default.
The Subtab ID can be obtained in the Browser Developer Tools by right-clicking on the subtab, then selecting Inspect.
Next, look for the first parameter of the ShowTab function. See the sample screenshot below:
So, to have the Validation and Defaulting subtab selected by default, append &selectedtab=VALIDATION to the URL of the Transaction Body Fields page.
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