Musielak Marek

Posted on Friday, May 15, 2009 by Marek Musielak
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EPiServer - hiding 'Workflow' and 'Statistics' tabs

When you use edit mode of the EPiServer CMS and select any of the pages then you see 5 tabs above it: "View", "Edit", "Version List", "Workflow" and "Statistics". While the first 2 of them are used frequently and the third one ("Version List") is pretty useful for advanced users, the last 2 of them ("Workflow" and "Statistics") are redundant in many cases. And editors don't even need to know that they exist. So lets hide them.


EPiServer workflow and statistics tabs


It can be easily done in admin mode with a tool called 'Plug-in Manager' which can be found on the 'Config' tab.


EPiServer Plug-in Manager

The way of hiding the tabs is slightly different for various versions of EPiServer. I tested it in with 5.1.422.256 and 5.2.375.133 versions.

Hiding 'Workflow' tab:
- in 5.1.422.256 version - choose 'EPiServer.WorkflowFoundation.UI' plugin, switch to 'Overview' tab and deselect 'Workflow (EditPanel)' option in the 'User Interface' section.
- in 5.2.375.133 version - choose 'EPiServer User Interface' plugin, switch to 'Overview' tab and deselect 'Workflow (EditPanel)' option in the 'User Interface' section.

I you need to hide 'Statistics' tab (in both versions) choose 'EPiServer User Interface ' plugin, switch to 'Overview' tab and deselect 'Statistics (EditPanel)' option in the 'User Interface' section.

It can be slightly different in the version of the EPiServer which you use, but the general rule is the same.
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