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description: Develop, test, and train on Data 360 without affecting your production org. Data 360 supports all sandbox types—Developer, Developer Pro, Partial Copy, and Full Copy—but provisions only metadata. Even when you create Partial Copy or Full Copy sandboxes, your production data stays protected. No data is replicated to Data 360 sandboxes.
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# Create a Data 360 Sandbox

Develop, test, and train on Data 360 without affecting your production org. Data 360 supports all sandbox types—Developer, Developer Pro, Partial Copy, and Full Copy—but provisions only metadata. Even when you create Partial Copy or Full Copy sandboxes, your production data stays protected. No data is replicated to Data 360 sandboxes.

### Required Editions

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This process includes multiple steps in Data 360 and Salesforce Platform. Bookmark (![bookmark icon](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-data-data_cloud-264-0-0-production-enus/f3569962-3c9b-4f83-9d0c-b6a574e785da/data_cloud/images/bookmark_60.png)) this page or keep it open in a separate window to refer to this topic.

Before you begin, complete these prerequisites.

- Using Data Cloud One? Before creating sandboxes and connecting them with Data Cloud One, make sure that your production orgs don't have companion connections yet. If you create companion connections between your production org and Data 360 home org before creating a sandbox, the metadata in that sandbox has to be cleaned up. This clean-up can take several weeks. Contact Salesforce Customer Support for details. For other Data Cloud One sandbox limitations, see [Using Data Cloud One with a Sandbox](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_data_cloud_one_sandboxes.htm&language=en_US).
- Provision Data 360 in your production org.

## Step 1: Create a Data 360 Sandbox

See [Create a Sandbox](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.data_sandbox_create.htm&language=en_US).

## Step 2: Enable Data 360 in an Existing Sandbox

Use the license match feature to set up Data 360 in a sandbox created before Data 360 was provisioned in your production org. This feature inherits Data 360 licenses from the production org without you refreshing the sandbox. However, there are a few important considerations to keep in mind:

- Make sure that the production org has Data 360 provisioned for the license match to work.
- The license match process copies only Data 360 licenses. The license match doesn't copy organization preferences, values, metadata, or permissions. You can set up custom configurations, integrations, and other metadata manually in the sandbox.
- Complete Data 360 provisioning in your sandbox first. Confirm that provisioning is active before you activate Agentforce or Einstein features.

1. Enable Data 360 in your production org. See [Turn on Data 360](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_setup_provision.htm&type=5&language=en_US).
2. In the sandbox org, go to Setup, enter **Company Information** in the Quick Find box, and then select it.
3. Click **Match Production Licenses**.
    
    Allow up to 24 hours for the license synchronization to complete. If you attempt to access Data Cloud Setup before the license sync completes, the Data Cloud Setup menu is unavailable.

## Step 3: Turn On Data 360 in the Sandbox

1. Log in to your sandbox.
2. From Data Cloud Setup, click **Get Started**.
    
    Setup can take a few minutes. If you created a sandbox before Data 360 sandbox was generally available, you must refresh the sandbox before you can successfully provision Data 360 in the sandbox.
    
    Wait until sandbox copy creation completes before changing your production org. Modifying production during this process can misconfigure your metadata.
    
    When you create a sandbox, it displays the production org ID. After you activate the sandbox, the ID updates to the sandbox org ID.

## Step 4: Configure the Connections

When you create a Data 360 sandbox, connections are replicated, but the authorization data isn't, so the connections in the sandbox org have a status of Inactive. Activate each sandbox connection, and provide the authorization information to bring data into the sandbox.

After you turn on Data 360, wait about 1 hour before performing this step so that the background processing can complete.

1. In your sandbox org, select **Data Cloud Setup**.
2. In the Quick Find box, enter the connector type you want to activate.
    
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    For non-CRM connectors, enter Other Connectors. Select the connectors from the list. From the dropdown list, select **Activate**.
    
    For Salesforce CRM home org connector, enter Salesforce CRM. Select the connector from the list. From the dropdown menu, select **Activate**. The CRM connection changes from your production org ID to your sandbox org ID.
    
    For other Salesforce CRM connectors, follow the steps for the CRM home org connection. You can activate the connection to any production or sandbox org. Enter the org credentials for the connection, and click **Log In**. Confirm the connection by entering the Data 360 org identifier. You can find this ID on the modal under Data 360 Org Details. This identifier specifies which Data 360 org retrieves data from your source org.
3. Check the checkbox to agree to create the connection and click **Activate**.

After you activate a connection, the data streams or other components that use the connection become active.

## Step 5: Activate Data Actions and Data Action Targets

If you have data actions or data action targets in your production org, they’re replicated in a sandbox, but you must explicitly activate them.

1. In your sandbox, in the Data 360 app, click **Data Actions**, or **Data Action Targets**.
2. From the dropdown list, select **Enable**.

## Step 6: Activate Data Share Targets

If you have data share targets in your production org, they’re replicated in a sandbox, but they’ll be in an inactive state and you must explicitly activate them.

1. In your sandbox, in the Data 360 app, click **Data Share Targets**.
2. Open an inactive data share target and click **Edit**.
3. Add the connection configuration details and click **Save**. The data share target turns active.

#### See Also

- [_Salesforce Help_: Data 360 Billable Usage Types](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_data_usage_types.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Usage of certain Data 360 features impacts credit consumption. If you purchased credits before February 24, 2026, your org consumes Data Services credits for Data 360 services. Orgs purchasing or renewing after February 24, 2026 can have either Data Services or Flex Credits. To monitor your usage in these Data Services usage categories, access your org’s Digital Wallet. If your org has a Data 360 Profiles-type license, some usage types aren't consumed. For more information on how usage is billed, refer to your contract or contact your account executive.")
- [_Salesforce Help_: Deploy Data 360 Changes from a Sandbox](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_data_cloud_sandbox_deploy.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "You can make Data 360 changes in a sandbox and then deploy them to a production org or another sandbox org. Additionally, you can deploy changes from one production org to another production by using a sandbox. Use a DevOps data kit and a change set to deploy the changes to a production org.")
- [_Salesforce Help_: Using Data Cloud One with a Sandbox Org](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_data_cloud_one_sandboxes.htm&language=en_US)