Turn On Data Pipelines and Set Up Data Templates

Give stakeholders who participate in the planning process authority to create and update key components of Sales Planning through Salesforce Data Pipelines.

Required Editions

Available in: both Salesforce Classic (not available in all orgs) and Lightning Experience
Available for an additional cost in: Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions with Sales Planning in English only, and only if you have Web Services API enabled
User Permissions Needed
To turn on Data Pipelines and create data templates: Data Pipelines Base User permission set
Note
Note Turning on Data Pipelines is required only if you’re using the included Data Pipelines licenses that come with Sales Planning. If you plan to use CRM Analytics instead of Data Pipelines with Sales Planning, skip these steps. See Considerations and Allocations for Permissions and Queries.
  1. Confirm that you added the Data Pipelines Base User permission set for your Sales Planning users.
  2. From Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter Data Pipeline, and then select Getting Started. Turn on Data Pipeline.
    Option to enable Data Pipelines
  3. Click Launch Data Manager | Data Templates | Sales Planning. Then click Next.
  4. Enter the name Sales Planning and a description.
    Option to enable Data Pipelines
  5. Click Create.
    Data Pipelines creates an app that lets your stakeholders create and update elements necessary for sales planning processes.
    Important
    Important Do not modify the default sharing setting for the Sales Planning app. Restricting access prevents users from viewing data in Sales Planning and Territory Planning.