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Roles, Permissions, and Allocations
Determine each team member’s level of authority based on their roles and responsibilities. And anticipate query allocations in Sales Planning.
Required Editions
| Available in: both Salesforce Classic (not available in all orgs) and Lightning Experience |
| Available for an additional cost in: Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions with Sales Planning in English only, and only if you have Web Services API enabled |
Dependency on Salesforce Data Pipelines or CRM Analytics
Sales Planning relies on Salesforce Data Pipelines or CRM Analytics for managing and querying data. Together, these capabilities help you see how rule changes affect assignment rules without waiting for asynchronous data processing. When you get started with Sales Planning, decide whether you’re going to use it with Data Pipelines or CRM Analytics.
Sales Planning includes Data Pipelines by default but is subject to Data Pipelines limits for licenses and data shape. CRM Analytics requires an upgrade or separate purchase. This choice also determines which permission sets you assign to Sales Planning users.
Even though Data Pipelines and CRM Analytics are separate products, they share some settings and limits. See How Salesforce Data Pipelines and CRM Analytics Work Together, Data Pipelines Limits, and CRM Analytics Limits.
Permission Set Licenses and Permission Sets for Sales Planning
Review the available permission sets for assigning roles, depending on whether you’re using Sales Planning with Data Pipelines or CRM Analytics.
| Role at Your Company | Corresponding Role in Sales Planning | Responsibilities for the Role in Sales Planning | Required Permission Set License | Required Permission Sets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salesforce Admin | OAuth User | Process data and optimizations through the designated OAuth user. | Data Pipelines Base User | Sales Planning Admin AND Data Pipelines Base User |
| Operations Leader | Plan Administrator |
|
Data Pipelines Base User | Sales Planning Admin AND Data Pipelines Base User |
Operations Leader or Sales Leader |
Plan Manager |
|
Query for Datapipelines User for Sales Planning | Sales Planning Ops Manager AND Query for Datapipelines User for Sales Planning |
Operations Analyst or Sales Manager |
Plan Analyst |
|
Query for Datapipelines User for Sales Planning | Sales Planning Ops Analyst AND Query for Datapipelines User for Sales Planning |
| Territory Planner | Plan Analyst |
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Required only for creating territory plans within segments: Query for Datapipelines User for Sales Planning |
Sales Planning Ops Analyst AND Query for Datapipelines User for Sales Planning AND SF Maps Territory Planning for Sales Planning |
| Quota Planner | Plan Analyst | Create quota plans from a segment. | Query for Datapipelines User for Sales Planning | Sales Planning Ops Analyst AND Query for Datapipelines User for Sales Planning |
| Sales Managers and Reps | Sales Manager or Seller | Plan for quota attainment. | -- | Quota Attainment Planning User |
Query Allocations for Sales Planning
Get familiar with these allocations for query users and functions in sales planning processes.
| Users and Functions | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Available licenses for Data Pipelines Base User | 3 |
| Available licenses for Query for Datapipelines User for Sales Planning | 50 |
| Maximum columns returned | 20 |
| Rows returned per query | 10,000 |
| Concurrent queries for all users | 50 |
| Concurrent queries per user | 10 |
| Total query calls per month | 30,000 |

