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# Create an Alignment from a Salesforce Territory Model

Import a territory model from Sales Territories into Territory Planning and configure it as an alignment. Adjust area names, assignment rules, and boundaries to match your current sales structure.

### Required Editions

Before you import a territory model, decide whether to use live data or copied data. Live data reflects real-time changes from your Salesforce org, while copied data creates a snapshot you can modify independently. Your choice determines which configuration options are available during import.

<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: both Salesforce Classic (not available in all orgs) and Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Professional</strong>, <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions with <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sales.territory_planning_api_access.htm&amp;type=5&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">Web Services API enabled</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d49524e76 ">To create alignments:</td>

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              <p>Sales Planning Ops Analyst permission set</p>
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1. In Territory Planning, click **Alignments**, then click **Create**.
    
    ![Browser where you create alignment for a dataset](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-sales-sales_performance_management-264-0-0-production-enus/b1f2feb4-26b8-444f-97f7-be2349869d93/sales_performance_management/images/salesforce_maps_territory_planning_alignment_create_1.png)
    
    1. Select a dataset.
    2. Enter a name for the alignment.
    3. Select a default geographic profile.
        
        When you create an alignment, the default geographic profile that you select at the alignment level updates its subsequently created areas. When you edit an alignment, the profile you select doesn’t update the alignment’s areas.
    4. Click **Save**.
        
        - If you selected live data, the Create Alignment window closes and the alignment builder opens. Click the **Legend** tab, then click **Edit territory model** (![Edit territory model button](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-sales-sales_performance_management-264-0-0-production-enus/b1f2feb4-26b8-444f-97f7-be2349869d93/sales_performance_management/images/edit_territory_model.png)).
        - If you selected copied data, click **Next** and continue working in the Create Alignment window.
2. Click **Import Model**, select **Salesforce Territory Model**, and click **Next**. Specify options in the Import From window.
    
    ![The Import From window, showing options for specifying assignment rules and adding boundaries](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-sales-sales_performance_management-264-0-0-production-enus/b1f2feb4-26b8-444f-97f7-be2349869d93/sales_performance_management/images/salesforce_maps_territory_planning_alignment_create_etm_live.png)
    
    ![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-sales-sales_performance_management-264-0-0-production-enus/b1f2feb4-26b8-444f-97f7-be2349869d93/images/icon_note.png)
    
    Note Options in this window depend on your data type. With live data, specify boundaries at the alignment level. With copied data, boundaries are already specified at the dataset level.
    
    1. Select the territory model that you want to import from Sales Territories.
    2. Select a territory that represents the scope of the model that you want to import.
    3. Optionally, specify a role in territory.
    4. To convey assignment rules and units from the model that you’re importing to the new Territory Planning alignment, turn on **Include assignment rules**.
        
        ![Important](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-sales-sales_performance_management-264-0-0-production-enus/b1f2feb4-26b8-444f-97f7-be2349869d93/images/icon_important.png)
        
        Important In Sales Territories, rules that reference currency fields include the currency ISO code such as `USD 1,000`. When importing these rules into Territory Planning, we’ll save the currency ISO code, but the rule will simply show the numeric value of `1000`. When that rule is published back to Sales Territories, we’ll recall the currency ISO code and add it to the published rule. Territory Planning evaluates currency fields using the numeric values it retrieves without accounting for the record’s currency or converting between record, user, and corporate currencies.
    5. To convey manual assignments from the model that you’re importing to the new Territory Planning alignment, turn on **lock manual assignment**.
        
        All units, including unassigned units, must be in focus for manual assignments to import correctly.
    6. (Live data only) If you included assignment rules, specify an optional **Boundary Type** and required **Boundary Assignment Field**, which lets you assign boundaries to areas according to the assignment rules.
    7. (Live data only) If you specified a Boundary Type, turn on **Assign units based on boundary assignments** to assign units to the same areas as the corresponding boundary units.
        
        This selection applies only to the units with boundaries that you're importing currently.
    8. (Copied data only) To assign boundaries to areas according to the imported assignment rules, select a **Boundary Assignment Field**.
    9. Click **Import**.
3. Rename areas to match your current sales structure. Hover over an area name to edit it. Add or remove areas as needed.
    
    ![Area levels that you rename, add, or remove for your Salesforce territory model](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-sales-sales_performance_management-264-0-0-production-enus/b1f2feb4-26b8-444f-97f7-be2349869d93/sales_performance_management/images/salesforce_maps_territory_planning_alignment_create_etm_2.png)
4. Click **Next**.
    
    - If you selected live data, review the alignment updates and save your changes.
    - If you selected copied data, continue to the final step.
5. (Copied data only) Add area owners, then select a unit assignment option that matches the assignment field from your dataset. Click **Finish**.
    
    ![Options to add area owners and assignments](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-sales-sales_performance_management-264-0-0-production-enus/b1f2feb4-26b8-444f-97f7-be2349869d93/sales_performance_management/images/salesforce_maps_territory_planning_alignment_create_etm_3.png)