Add Areas to Alignments

Ensure optimal sales and service coverage as your business grows when you add areas and their assignments to territory models in Territory Planning.

Required Editions

Available in: both Salesforce Classic (not available in all orgs) and Lightning Experience
Available in: Professional, Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions with Web Services API enabled
User Permissions Needed
To modify alignment options:

Sales Planning Ops Analyst permission set

AND

Query for Datapipelines User for Sales Planning permission set

AND

SF Maps Territory Planning for Sales Planning permission set

  1. Open an alignment and set the focus.
  2. Click Add Area, and then specify the area’s name, parent area, owner, and color. Define any assignment rules, optimization settings, and assigned users.
    New area name, owner, color, and description
  3. Save your changes. To add more areas, repeat Step 2.
  4. If you don’t use assignment rules, optimize the focus using a priority of your choice. Then review the summary.
    New area on the legend
  5. Apply your changes.
    New area in the alignment
    The new area and its assignments appear on the legend.