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description: An inbound change set is a change set that has been sent from another Salesforce org to the org you are logged in to. A change set must be deployed for the changes to take effect. You can deploy the contents of an inbound change set as a whole but not on a component-by-component basis.
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# Inbound Change Sets

An inbound change set is a change set that has been sent from another Salesforce org to the org you are logged in to. A change set must be deployed for the changes to take effect. You can deploy the contents of an inbound change set as a whole but not on a component-by-component basis.

### Required Editions

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Watch a Demo: [![Watch Video Demo](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-deploy_sandboxes-264-0-0-production-enus/654e51d1-6795-49fe-bd43-b5385950cf4a/resources-global/_corporate/images/play_btn.png) Release Management: Deploying Changes Using Change Sets (Salesforce Classic)](https://salesforce.vidyard.com/watch/yuOAaYF_-vtWigiqXxndVQ)

- **[View Inbound Change Sets](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.changesets_inbound_view_list.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    The Inbound Change Sets page lists change sets awaiting deployment, as well as the history of deployed change sets.
- **[Viewing Change Set Details](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.changesets_inbound_view_detail.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    The Change Sets detail page lists information about a particular change set.
- **[Validate a Change Set](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.changesets_inbound_test_deploy.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    You can validate a change set without deploying changes. By validating you can view the success or failure messages you receive with an actual deploy.
- **[Deploy a Change Set](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.changesets_inbound_deploy.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    You can deploy the contents of an inbound change set as a whole but not on a component-by-component basis.
- **[Monitor Deployments of Change Sets](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.changesets_monitor_deployment.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Track the status of deployments that are in progress in the Deployment Status page.
- **[When Change Sets Become Unavailable](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.changesets_inbound_view_unavailable.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    A change set deployed from a source sandbox that you recently deleted or refreshed can temporarily appear available for deployment in the target org.

#### See Also

- [Change Sets](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.changesets.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Use change sets to send customizations from one Salesforce org to another. For example, you can create and test a new object in a sandbox org, then send it to your production org using a change set. Change sets can contain only modifications you can make through the Setup menu. For example, you can’t use a change set to upload a list of contact records. Change sets contain information about the org. They don’t contain data, such as records.")