Determine Hidden Folders and Content References for Portal Navigation

If you do not see a folder or content Reference (Menu Item) in Left hand side navigation, (Applicable to 8.4x ) then you must check to see if the folder or content reference is not marked as hidden. Other reasons could be security. Here is a SQL to find out all the objects that are hidden.

To find all the folders which are hidden from Portal Navigation.

select * from PSPRSMSYSATTRVL where portal_name = 'EMPLOYEE' and PORTAL_ATTR_NAM = 'PORTAL_HIDE_FROM_NAV' and portal_Reftype = 'F'

select a.portal_objname,b.portal_label,b.portal_prntobjname,c.portal_label
from PSPRSMSYSATTRVL a,psprsmdefn b,psprsmdefn c where a.portal_name = 'EMPLOYEE' 
and a.PORTAL_ATTR_NAM = 'PORTAL_HIDE_FROM_NAV' 
and b.portal_Reftype = 'F' and a.portal_name = b.portal_name 
and a.portal_objname = b.portal_objname
and b.portal_name = c.portal_name
and b.portal_prntobjname = c.portal_objname

To find all the content references which are hidden from Portal Navigation.

select * from PSPRSMSYSATTRVL where portal_name = 'EMPLOYEE' and PORTAL_ATTR_NAM = 'PORTAL_HIDE_FROM_NAV' and portal_Reftype = 'C'

select a.portal_objname,b.portal_label,b.portal_prntobjname,c.portal_label
from PSPRSMSYSATTRVL a,psprsmdefn b,psprsmdefn c where a.portal_name = 'EMPLOYEE' 
and a.PORTAL_ATTR_NAM = 'PORTAL_HIDE_FROM_NAV' 
and b.portal_Reftype = 'C' and a.portal_name = b.portal_name 
and a.portal_objname = b.portal_objname
and b.portal_name = c.portal_name
and b.portal_prntobjname = c.portal_objname

Replace EMPLOYEE with Your portal name. Some of the Other names are.

CUSTOMER
DEMOSITE
EMPLOYEE
MOBILE
PORTAL
PS_SITETEMPLATE
SUPPLIER

Portal Content Reference/folder Attributes are stored in

PSPRSMSYSATTR

PSPRSMSYSATTRVL