SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

2597707 - How to disable or hide Directory tab from Company Info

Symptom

  • Customer requests to hide/remove the Resources tab from Company Info
  • Customer requests to hide/remove "Search for actions and people" from the system 

"Image/data in this KBA is from SAP internal systems, sample data, or demo systems. Any resemblance to real data is purely coincidental."

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Resolution

Please note - you are disabling the User Directory by continuing with this

You will need the permission for  "Platform Feature Settings" in order to disable this feature

  • Manage user permissions > Select role you want to have the permission for
  • Manage System Properties
  • Select Platform Feature Settings

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To disable the User Directory

  • Go to Admin Center > Tools > Search for "Platform Feature Settings"
  • Disable "User Directory"
  • Save and log out and back in

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You will no longer have the Directory tab in Company Info - or any other area of SF. You will also no longer be able to search for users, the User directory is disabled.

**Note "Search for actions or people" is no longer available either

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See Also

2674362 - People/Action Search Box Not Showing or Showing Just Search SAP Jam - SAP for Me

Keywords

Directory, Directory Tab, User Directory, Action Search, disable search , KBA , LOD-SF-PLT , Platform Foundational Capabilities , LOD-SF-PLT-SRH , Search , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite all versions