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description: Carve territories faster in a table format instead of on a map with geographic data. Later, and if your teams rely on geographic boundaries, add the boundaries and continue carving on a map in Territory Planning.
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# Structure Territories Without a Map

Carve territories faster in a table format instead of on a map with geographic data. Later, and if your teams rely on geographic boundaries, add the boundaries and continue carving on a map in Territory Planning.

### 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: 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="d52430e77 ">To create datasets and alignments:</td>

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              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">SF Maps Territory Planning for Sales Planning permission set</p>
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1. Create a dataset that includes live data sources, which don’t require addresses and latitude and longitude coordinates.
2. Create an alignment, and add your hierarchy structure.
3. Optimize territories based on your preferences for balance, continuity, and compactness.
    
    ![Accounts assigned to nongraphic territories](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/territory_planning_nongeographic.png)

Territory Planning structures territories in a table format.