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# Permissions for Journey Builder

Marketing Cloud Engagement user permission settings supersede user permissions granted in the Journey Builder app. Review the list of permissions required to access these features in Journey Builder.

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            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d18902e38">Features</th>
            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d18902e41">Required Marketing Cloud Engagement Permission</th>
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        <tbody>
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            <td data-label="Features" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d18902e38 ">
              <ul>
                <li>Decision Split</li>

                <li>Wait by Attribute</li>

              </ul>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Required Marketing Cloud Engagement Permission" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d18902e41 ">
              <ul>
                <li>Email &gt; Subscribers &gt; Data Extension &gt; View</li>

                <li>Salesforce Marketing Cloud Engagement &gt; Contacts &gt; Read Contact Data</li>

              </ul>
            </td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Features" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d18902e38 ">
              <ul>
                <li>Update Contact</li>

              </ul>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Required Marketing Cloud Engagement Permission" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d18902e41 ">
              <ul>
                <li>Email &gt; Subscribers &gt; Data Extension &gt; View</li>

                <li>Email &gt; Subscribers &gt; List &gt; View</li>

              </ul>
            </td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Features" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d18902e38 ">Engagement Split</td>

            <td data-label="Required Marketing Cloud Engagement Permission" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d18902e41 ">
              <ul>
                <li>Email &gt; Content &gt; Email &gt; View</li>

                <li>Content Builder &gt; Assets &gt; View</li>

              </ul>
            </td>

          </tr>
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            <td data-label="Features" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d18902e38 ">
              <p>Entry Sources</p>
              <ul>
                <li>Data Extension</li>
                <li>API Event</li>
                <li>Transactional API Event</li>
                <li>Contact Event</li>
              </ul>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Required Marketing Cloud Engagement Permission" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d18902e41 ">
              <ul>
                <li>Email &gt; Subscribers &gt; Data Extension &gt; View</li>

                <li>Email &gt; Subscribers &gt; List &gt; View</li>

                <li>Salesforce Marketing Cloud Engagement &gt; Contacts &gt; Read Contact Data</li>

              </ul>
            </td>

          </tr>
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            <td data-label="Features" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d18902e38 ">
              <ul>
                <li>Goal</li>

                <li>Exit Criteria</li>

                <li>Default Email</li>

                <li>Default Mobile Number</li>

              </ul>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Required Marketing Cloud Engagement Permission" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d18902e41 ">
              <ul>
                <li>Email &gt; Subscribers &gt; Data Extension &gt; View</li>

                <li>Salesforce Marketing Cloud Engagement &gt; Contacts &gt; Read Contact Data</li>

              </ul>
            </td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Features" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d18902e38 ">Test a Journey</td>

            <td data-label="Required Marketing Cloud Engagement Permission" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d18902e41 ">Email &gt; Subscribers &gt; Data Extension &gt; View</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Features" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d18902e38 ">Create Journey Templates</td>

            <td data-label="Required Marketing Cloud Engagement Permission" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d18902e41 ">Content Builder &gt; Asset &gt; Create</td>

          </tr>
        </tbody>
      </table>

For more details about the permissions granted with user roles in Journey Builder, see [Journey Builder Roles](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=mktg.mc_overview_journey_builder_roles.htm&language=en_US) and [Marketing Cloud Engagement Roles](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=mktg.mc_overview_marketing_cloud_roles.htm&language=en_US).