--- schema_version: "1" id: d0edc1642dc8dc8ab0da290dd222c3221ba2bd8944d7fd5a795c3fd152a29cf8 title: Permission Set Groups collection: admin version: current locale: en-us portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/admin/current/en-us/platform/264-0-0/perm_set_groups.md canonical_url: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.perm_set_groups.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 source_site: help.salesforce.com content_type: documentation content_hash: f20f11875e9440dc832858a6f7b7a2df9fce567e3323b2f31f6d64a77a903195 description: A permission set group streamlines permissions assignment and management. Use a permission set group to bundle permission sets together based on user job personas or roles. Permission set groups make managing access easier when you're maintaining multiple personas with overlapping permissions. products: - Security - Salesforce Platform release: "264" --- # Permission Set Groups A permission set group streamlines permissions assignment and management. Use a permission set group to bundle permission sets together based on user job personas or roles. Permission set groups make managing access easier when you're maintaining multiple personas with overlapping permissions. ### Required Editions
Available in: both Salesforce Classic (not available in all orgs) and Lightning Experience
Available in: Contact Manager, Group, Essentials, Professional, Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, Developer, and Database.com Editions
Watch how you can assign permissions to users with permission set groups. Users assigned the permission set group receive the combined permissions of all the permission sets in the group. You can include a permission set in more than one permission set group. Updates in a permission set propagate to all permission set groups that include the permission set. You can also remove individual permissions from a group with the muting feature, to further customize the group. ![Example](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-access-264-0-0-production-enus/a92be132-3cbc-412a-9262-130636120c14/images/icon_example.png) Example Suppose that you have users in your sales department with these requirements. - Use Sales Cloud Analytics templates and apps - Create, edit, and delete surveys - Read, create, edit, and delete accounts and opportunities - Create and customize list views and reports You have three permission sets that contain the permissions you need, plus other permissions. - Sales Cloud Einstein - Survey Creator - A permission set based on the Standard User Profile Without permission set groups, you assign each permission set separately to this set of users. ![Conceptual diagram of users assigned to several permission sets.](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-access-264-0-0-production-enus/a92be132-3cbc-412a-9262-130636120c14/access/images/psg_before.png) With permission set groups, you create a single group based on the tasks that your sales employees regularly perform. You can call it Sales Staff Users. Then, assign the group to the sales employees. The permission set group contains the combined permissions of all three permission sets. ![Conceptual diagram of users getting assigned to one permission set group.](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-access-264-0-0-production-enus/a92be132-3cbc-412a-9262-130636120c14/access/images/psg_after.png) - **[Create a Permission Set Group](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.perm_set_groups_create.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)** Before you create a permission set group, assess your existing permission sets and users. Evaluate the types of job functions that your target group of users have, and group the permission sets based on their job functions. - **[Assign Permission Set Groups to Users](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.perm_set_groups_assign.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)** After you create a permission set group and add permission sets to it, assign the group to users. - **[Muting Permission Sets](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.perm_set_groups_muting.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)** Use a muting permission set to mute, or disable, selected permissions in a permission set group. If you don’t want to assign users all of the permissions in a permission set included in a permission set group, you can use a muting permission set. - **[Permission Set Group Status and Recalculation](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.perm_set_groups_status_recalc.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)** A permission set group calculates the combined permissions from the included permission sets. The permission set group status indicates whether the calculation and resulting permissions in the group are up-to-date and available for the assigned users. - **[Permission Set Groups from Managed Packages](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.perm_set_groups_managed_pkg.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)** Partners can organize permissions into permission set groups to include in managed packages. Understand how to work with permission set groups installed from managed packages. - **[Permission Set Group Considerations](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.perm_set_groups_considerations.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)** When working with permission set groups, keep these behaviors in mind. - **[Session-Based Permission Set Groups](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.perm_set_groups_session_use.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)** A session-based permission set group applies to a specific user session and grants users functional access to the permission sets included in the permission set group. - **[Permission Set Groups and Combined Permissions View](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.perm_set_groups_combo_perms.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)** The Combined permissions section provides a centralized view of all the permissions included in permission sets that make up your permission set group. - **[Permission Set Group FAQs](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.perm_set_groups_faqs.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)** Get answers to common questions about permission set groups.