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# selectTabById()

- Package: [@gooddata/sdk-ui-dashboard](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-ui-dashboard/index.md)
- Kind: function
- Stability: alpha
- Source: https://github.com/gooddata/gooddata-ui-sdk/blob/rel/11.64/libs/sdk-ui-dashboard/src/model/store/tabs/tabsSelectors.ts

> **Alpha API.** Initial API, highly likely to change outside SemVer. Don't build on it in production. See [API maturity](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/integrations/platform/api-maturity/index.md).
> 

Returns a specific tab by its identifier.

**Signature:**

```typescript
selectTabById: (tabId: string) => DashboardSelector<ITabState | undefined>
```

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| tabId | string |  |

**Returns:**

[DashboardSelector](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-ui-dashboard/sdk-ui-dashboard.dashboardselector/index.md)&lt;[ITabState](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-ui-dashboard/sdk-ui-dashboard.itabstate/index.md) &#124; undefined&gt;