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Set Up Your Users’ Object, User, and Field Permissions

Set Up Your Users’ Object, User, and Field Permissions

Salesforce provides a flexible, layered data sharing design so admins can control user access to data. Use profiles to configure default settings and layouts, then use permission sets and permission set groups to grant object, user, and field permissions. Salesforce also provides tools to automate, migrate, or report on your users’ permission assignments.

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Tip Setup with Agentforce can help you manage user access and permissions more efficiently. For more information, see Setup with Agentforce and User Access Management in Setup with Agentforce.

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Learn About Data Security

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Permissions and Access Settings

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Plan Your Access Control Setup

Guidelines for Creating Permission Sets and Permission Set Groups

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Set Up Default Settings and Layouts with Profiles

Profiles

Standard Profiles

Configure Default Settings in Profiles

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Grant Permissions

Permission Sets

Configure Permissions and Access in Permission Sets

Permission Set Groups

Set Assignment Expiration Details for Users in Permission Sets and Permission Set Groups

Session-Based Permission Sets

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Manage Users’ Assigned Permissions

View a User’s Access Summary

Manage Permissions in the Permission Set and Permission Set Group Access Summaries

Report on Custom Permission Set and Permission Set Group Assignments

Manage Permission Set Assignments

Revoke Permissions and Access

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Migrate or Automate Access Assignments

User Access Policies

Manually Grant or Revoke Access with a User Access Policy

Automatically Grant or Revoke Access with a User Access Policy

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Troubleshoot Access Control Issues

Troubleshoot Object and Record Access Issues

Troubleshoot Feature Access Issues

Troubleshoot Field Access Issues

Additional Considerations for Troubleshooting Access Issues

Example Queries for Troubleshooting Access Issues

   
 
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