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description: Assign permissions to users based on their level of interaction with Tableau Next capabilities. Users must already be created in Salesforce. You can’t add users in the Tableau Next app. Each Tableau Next permission set that you assign to a user consumes a license. You can view your license status as you assign permission sets.
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# Assign a User a Tableau Next Permission Set

Assign permissions to users based on their level of interaction with Tableau Next capabilities. Users must already be created in Salesforce. You can’t add users in the Tableau Next app. Each Tableau Next permission set that you assign to a user consumes a license. You can view your license status as you assign permission sets.

### Required Editions

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d14783e56 ">To assign Tableau Next permission sets:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d14783e56 "><span>Tableau Unmetered Admin or Tableau Next Admin</span> permission set, Assign Permission Sets permission</td>

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For more information about licensing and capabilities, see [Tableau Permission Sets and Licenses](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.tua_admin_permsets_licenses.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Each user that interacts with Tableau Next requires a license and a permission set. Each Tableau Next license maps to one or more standard permission sets that allow different levels of interaction with Tableau Next capabilities.").

1. In Tableau Next, click **Administration**, and then click **Settings**.
2. Under Manage Users, click **Users**.
3. In the Users pane, click **Add**.
    
    You can view the permissions included in each permission set on the User Management page of Tableau Next Administration.
4. On the Add Users page, click **Provision Existing Users**.
    
    The users who aren’t assigned Tableau Next permission sets are listed.
5. Select the users that you want to assign Tableau Next licenses to, and click **Next**.
6. Select the user that you want to assign permission sets to. You can select multiple users if you want to bulk assign the same permission set to a set of users.
    1. Click **Assign Permission Set** to specify a Tableau Next permission set to the user(s) you selected.
        
        You can view your license status as you assign permission sets.
    2. Review the assignments, and click **Next**.
7. Review your changes, and then click **Add Users**.

- **[Assign Unmetered Tableau Next Licenses and Permission Sets](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.tua_admin_unmetered.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    To enable unmetered Tableau Next usage, assign an unmetered Tableau Next license to your users. You can assign permission sets and licenses within Tableau Next or create custom permission sets and assign them within Setup.
- **[Tableau Next Permission Sets and Licenses](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.tua_admin_permsets_licenses.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Each user that interacts with Tableau Next requires a license and a permission set. Each Tableau Next license maps to one or more standard permission sets that allow different levels of interaction with Tableau Next capabilities.

#### See Also

- [_Salesforce Help_: View and Manage Users](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.admin_users.htm&language=en_US)