Lightning page activation and assignment
Key Takeaway
Saving a Lightning page doesn't publish it. Users can't see the page until you activate it. Activation is where you choose who sees it.
A Lightning page you build in the Lightning App Builder isn't visible to users until you activate it. Activation is where you decide who sees the page: everyone working with an object, users in certain Lightning apps, or specific combinations of app, record type, profile, and device. For app pages, activation also sets up the page's tab and its place in navigation. Each page type has its own set of activation options, so the type of page decides how you can target users.
How to activate a Lightning page
Saving a Lightning page doesn't publish it, so users can't see the page until you activate it. You need the "Customize Application" permission to create and save Lightning pages.
- Build the page in the Lightning App Builder and click "Save".
- After you save a new page, click "Not Yet" if you want to keep working on it before users see it.
- When the page is ready, click "Activation" in the toolbar.
- Choose who sees the page. The options depend on the page type.
After a page is active, clicking Save pushes your edits straight to users, so you don't need to activate it again.
Record page assignment changes don't show up right away in the Salesforce mobile app. Users must close and restart the app to see a newly assigned record page.