Create Sharing Rules

You can create sharing rules based on the record owner or other criteria, and sharing rules that grant record access to unauthenticated guest users. You can also create sharing rules based on group membership for the User object.

Required Editions

Available in: both Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience

Available in: Professional, Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions

You can define up to 300 total sharing rules for each object, including up to 50 criteria-based or guest user sharing rules, if available for the object.

For information on designing your sharing setup to improve performance and speed up sharing changes, see the Designing Record Access for Enterprise Scale guide.

Create Owner-Based Sharing Rules
An owner-based sharing rule opens access to records owned by certain users.
Create Criteria-Based Sharing Rules
A criteria-based sharing rule determines who to share records with based on field values.
Create Guest User Sharing Rules
A guest user sharing rule is a special type of criteria-based sharing rule and the only way to grant record access to unauthenticated guest users. Guest user sharing rules can only grant Read Only access.
Create Sharing Rules Based on Group Membership
For the User object, you can create sharing rules based on group membership.