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# Page Settings
> Control which SkillsDB sections your users can see and which platform behaviors are switched on — library visibility, profile and team sections, manager grades, skill flags, and system emails.
**Quick Summary:** Page Settings are the on/off controls on **Company > Settings** that decide which sidebar sections your users see and which platform behaviors are active. Administrators change them; the effect is immediate and organization-wide.
## Overview
Page Settings are the toggle controls on the **Company > Settings** page. Where the structural
settings covered in [Organization Settings](/configurations/settings) define the *data* SkillsDB
operates on — grades, org structure, training attributes — Page Settings define what your users
can *see and do* with that data.
There are two kinds of toggle. Simple switches turn a single behavior on or off, such as hiding
manager grades from employees or enabling system emails. Grouped toggles open a modal containing
several related switches, such as the per-section visibility controls for the Library, Profile,
and Team navigation groups.
Visibility toggles are how most organizations phase SkillsDB in. A company that has not yet built
its certification library can hide **Library > Certifications** and **Profile > Certifications**
so employees never see an empty page, then switch both on when the library is ready. Because the
toggles drive both the sidebar and the page-level access check, a hidden section is genuinely
unreachable rather than merely absent from the menu.
Only administrators can view or change Page Settings. The settings apply to every user in your
SkillsDB instance — they are organization-wide, not per-user or per-team.
**Note:** Users with the GlobalAdmin, Admin, or Full Access role always see every navigation
section regardless of the visibility toggles. If you hide a section and can still see it,
check your own role before assuming the setting did not save.
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## Prerequisites
Before you begin, you need:
* **Permission level:** Administrator role
* **Access:** Navigate to **Company > Settings** in the left sidebar
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## Hiding Manager Grades From Employees
The **Hide Manager Grades** switch prevents all employee users from seeing their manager's
assessment of their skills anywhere in SkillsDB.
When you enable **Hide Manager Grades**, employees no longer see the manager grade on their skills
profile, in assessments, or in any matrix view. Employees are also not notified when a manager
completes an assessment of them. When you disable it, manager grades become visible to employees
again — no data is lost while the setting is on, only hidden.
Organizations typically enable this setting during a calibration cycle, so managers can complete
their assessments without employees reacting to in-progress grades, then disable it once the cycle
closes and results are ready to share.
To change it, navigate to **Company > Settings** and toggle the **Hide Manager Grades** switch.
The change takes effect immediately for all users.
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## Enabling Skill Flags
The **Enable Skill Flags** switch activates the skill flags feature for all users.
When you enable skill flags, employees can flag skills as **Focus** or **Interest** from their
profile page and from inside assessments. Managers can flag employee skills as **Focus**,
**Expert**, or **Mentor**. Employees cannot alter a **Focus** flag that was set by their manager.
When you disable skill flags, flag controls disappear from profiles, assessments, and matrices.
Existing flag assignments are retained in SkillsDB and reappear if you re-enable the setting.
The **Expert** flag is the one with functional consequences: an Expert can approve training
requests for the skills they are flagged on. See [Skill Flags](/configurations/skill-flags) for
how to configure flag types and trainer designations.
To change it, navigate to **Company > Settings** and toggle the **Enable Skill Flags** switch.
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## Controlling Library Visibility
The **Hide Library Sections** setting controls which of the four Library sections appear in the
sidebar. Select **Configure Visibility Of Library Section** to open the **Manage Library Visibility**
modal, which contains one switch per section:
| Switch | Controls |
| ------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Skills** | **Library > Skills** — the organization-wide skills catalog |
| **Certifications** | **Library > Certifications** — the certification catalog |
| **Training** | **Library > Training** — the training resource library |
| **Careers** | **Library > Careers** — career definitions and skills matrices |
When you switch a section off, it is hidden from every non-administrator's sidebar and the
corresponding pages become inaccessible to them. If you switch all four off, the **Library** group
disappears from navigation entirely for those users.
Administrators, GlobalAdmins, and Full Access users continue to see all four sections regardless
of these switches, so you can keep building a library while it is hidden from everyone else.
Select **Close** when you are finished. Changes save as you toggle — there is no separate save step.
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## Controlling Profile and Team Section Visibility
The **Hide Profile & Team Sections** setting controls which items appear under the **Profile** and
**Team** sidebar groups. Select **Configure Visibility Of Profile & Team Sections** to open the
**Manage Profile & Team Visibility** modal.
| Switch | Controls |
| ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Assessments** | **Profile > Assessments** — the user's own assessments |
| **Certifications** | **Profile > Certifications** — the user's own certifications |
| **Learning Plan** | **Profile > Learning Plan** — the user's own learning plan |
| **Surveys** | **Profile > Surveys** — surveys assigned to the user |
| **Files** | **Profile > Files** — the user's uploaded documents |
**Profile > Skills** has no switch. It is the universal landing page after sign-in, so
hiding it would lock users out of the application on login.
| Switch | Controls |
| ------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Skills** | **Team > Skills** — team skills analysis and Overall Training Status |
| **Assessments** | **Team > Assessments** — manager assessments |
| **Certifications** | **Team > Certifications** — team certification tracking |
| **Training** | **Team > Training** — All Activity, Training Matrix, and Expirations |
| **People** | **Team > People** — the team roster |
If you switch off every item in a group, that group is removed from navigation for affected users.
As with library visibility, administrators and Full Access users always see every item.
**Important:** The **Team** group also requires a manager-or-higher role. Switching **Team > Training**
on does not give it to standard employees — with one exception: an employee flagged as an Expert
sees **Team > Training** so they can reach the Training Matrix for the skills they approve.
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## Enabling System Emails
The **Enable System Emails** switch controls whether SkillsDB sends automated email at all.
When system emails are enabled, SkillsDB sends automatic messages such as assessment notifications
and certification reminders. When they are disabled, none of those messages are sent — assessment
nudges, for example, will silently do nothing.
**Note:** SkillsDB always sends password recovery email, whether or not system emails are
enabled here. Password recovery is not affected by this setting.
When system emails are enabled, an **Email Notifications** entry appears below this switch. Select
**Configure email notification types** to choose which individual notification types your company
sends — welcome emails, training reminders, verification alerts, and so on. Each type is off by
default and is delivered either immediately or batched into a daily digest. See
[Email Notifications](/core-concepts/email-notifications) for the full list of types.
If system emails are disabled, the **Email Notifications** entry is hidden, because there is
nothing for it to control.
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## Showing Skill Assignment Dates
The **Skill Assignment Dates** setting controls whether users see the date each skill was assigned
to them while they are taking an assessment. Select **Configure Date Assigned In Assessments** to
open the **Manage Date Assigned Visibility** modal, which contains two switches:
| Switch | Effect when on |
| ----------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Employee Assessment** | Employees see the assignment date next to each skill in their self-assessment |
| **Manager Assessment** | Managers see the assignment date next to each skill when assessing a team member |
The two switches are independent. Showing the date to managers while hiding it from employees is a
valid configuration.
Assignment dates help assessors judge whether a low grade reflects a genuine gap or simply a skill
that was added last week. Select **Close** when you are finished.
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## Configuring the Overall Training Status Page
The **Team Skill Overall Progress** setting configures the **Team > Skills > Overall Training
Status** page. Select **Configure Overall Training Status page** to open the modal.
| Toggle | Effect when on |
| --------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Default Home Page** | Users who can access **Team > Skills** and have no career assignment land on Overall Training Status as their home screen |
| **Progress by Label** | The Progress by Label breakdown appears on the page |
| **Progress by Section** | The Progress by Section breakdown appears on the page |
| **Progress by Skill Group** | The Progress by Skill Group breakdown appears on the page |
The three **Progress Breakdowns** toggles are independent — switch on only the breakdowns that
match how your organization groups skills. If your skills are organized by section but you do not
use labels, switch **Progress by Section** on and leave **Progress by Label** off so managers are
not shown an empty breakdown.
**Note:** This setting appears only if the underlying configuration rows exist for your company.
If you do not see **Team Skill Overall Progress** on the Settings page, contact SkillsDB Support.
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## Common Questions
Page Settings are the on/off toggles that control what users see and which behaviors are
active — library visibility, profile and team sections, manager grades, skill flags, system
emails. [Organization Settings](/configurations/settings) covers the structural configuration
that defines your data: the grading scale, search permissions, training library attributes,
and org structure. Both live on the same **Company > Settings** page.
Users with the GlobalAdmin, Admin, or Full Access role bypass every visibility toggle by
design, so administrators can continue configuring a section while it is hidden from everyone
else. Sign in as a standard employee or manager account to confirm the setting is applied.
No. Visibility toggles and feature switches only control what is displayed. Skill flags,
certifications, learning plans, and assessment records are all retained while a section is
hidden and reappear unchanged when you switch it back on.
No. **Profile > Skills** is the page every user lands on after signing in, so it has no
visibility switch. Hiding it would leave users with no accessible page at login.
No. A nudge is a system email. If **Enable System Emails** is off, selecting **Nudge** on an
assessment will not deliver anything to participants. Password recovery email is the only
exception — it is always sent.
Neither. Every setting on the **Company > Settings** page is organization-wide and applies to
all users in your SkillsDB instance. There is no per-team or per-user override.
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## Related Articles
Configure the grading scale, search permissions, training library attributes, and org structure
Set up skill flag types and trainer designations
Choose which automated notification types your company sends
Understand how grades and manager assessments work
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## Need More Help?
If you need additional assistance:
* Email [support@skillsdb.com](mailto:support@skillsdb.com)
* Use the in-app help chat
* Schedule a training session with your account manager