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description: Streamline your access and permissions management with the User Access and Permissions Assistant app from AppExchange. Convert profiles to editable permission sets. Analyze and report on permissions and access in your org. Manage your permission set groups and the permissions that they contain.
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# User Access and Permissions Assistant

Streamline your access and permissions management with the User Access and Permissions Assistant app from AppExchange. Convert profiles to editable permission sets. Analyze and report on permissions and access in your org. Manage your permission set groups and the permissions that they contain.

### 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: all editions except <strong>Starter</strong></td></tr></tbody></table>

To use the User Access and Permissions Assistant, you need these permission sets.

- User Access & Permissions Assistant Access
- The permission set to grant access to the Tooling API Credential, which is created during installation
- Optionally, the permission set to assign permissions to access and run the User Access and Permissions Assistant

- **[Install the User Access and Permissions Assistant](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.perm_install_uapa.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    To use the User Access and Permissions Assistant, enable the Tooling API. Then download the app from AppExchange, and assign the packaged permission set that comes with the app.
- **[Analyze Your Permission Assignments](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.perm_uapa_analyze_perm_assignments.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Review your org’s permission assignments using the to quickly determine the permissions that a user has and the configuration that grants a specific permission.
- **[Converting Profiles to Permission Sets](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.perm_uapa_convert_profiles_to_permsets.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    If your custom or standard profiles have a Salesforce license, you can use the User Access and Permissions Assistant app to convert them into a permission set that you can edit and assign.
- **[Report on Permission Assignments by User](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.perm_uapa_report_user_permset.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Create a report of which users are assigned a given permission using the User Access and Permissions Assistant app.
- **[Manage Permission Set Groups](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.perm_uapa_manage_permset_groups.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Use the User Access and Permissions Assistant app to create, modify, or remove permission set groups. You can also assign or unassign permission set groups and add or remove permission sets to groups.
- **[User Access and Permissions Assistant Considerations](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.perm_uapa_considerations.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Be aware of these considerations and special behaviors for the User Access and Permissions Assistant.