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description: The Marketing Cloud Connect API user connects the Global Promotions Management org and the Marketing Cloud Engagement instance. To ensure that Global Promotions Management data is sent to the connected Engagement instance, provide the Marketing Cloud Engagement Connect API user access to Global Promotions Management and its objects.
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# Provide Marketing Cloud Connect API User Access to Global Promotions Management

The Marketing Cloud Connect API user connects the Global Promotions Management org and the Marketing Cloud Engagement instance. To ensure that Global Promotions Management data is sent to the connected Engagement instance, provide the Marketing Cloud Engagement Connect API user access to Global Promotions Management and its objects.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Enterprise</strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Unlimited</strong>, and&nbsp;<strong>Developer</strong>&nbsp;Editions with Real-Time Offer Management and Marketing Cloud Connect</td></tr></tbody></table>

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d5418e67 ">To assign permission sets:</td>

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              <p>Assign Permission Sets</p>
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1. Provide the Marketing Cloud Engagement Connect API user access to Global Promotions Management:
    1. From Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter Users, and then select **Users**.
    2. Open the user record of the Marketing Cloud Engagement Connect API user.
    3. Click **Permission Set Assignments** | **Edit Assignments**.
    4. Move the Global Promotions Management permission set to the Enabled Permission Sets list.
    5. Save your changes.
2. Create a custom permission set and provide the permission View access on these objects:
    - Account
    - Campaign
    - Campaign Member
    - Catalog
    - Category
    - Contact
    - Email Template
    - Engagement Channel Type
    - Game Definition
    - Internal Organization Unit
    - Product
    - Promotion
    - Promotion Channel
    - Promotion Limit
    - Promotion Market Segment—Only available in Data Cloud enabled orgs
    - Promotion Product
    - Promotion Product Category
    - Promotion Stage
    - Promotion Stage Email Template
    - Retail Store
    - Retail Store Group
    - Segment—Only available in Data Cloud enabled orgs
    - Voucher Definition
3. Assign the permission set to the Marketing Cloud Engagement Connect API user.

#### See Also

- [_Salesforce Help_: Assign Permission Sets to a Single User](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.perm_sets_assigning.htm&type=5&language=en_US)
- [_Salesforce Help_: Create Permission Sets](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.perm_sets_create.htm&type=5&language=en_US)