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description: When you’re satisfied with the structure of your territory model and its territory account assignments, you’re ready to activate it with Sales Territories. Remember that you can also maintain models in Planning and Archived states for further modeling and reference.
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# Activate a Territory Model

When you’re satisfied with the structure of your territory model and its territory account assignments, you’re ready to activate it with Sales Territories. Remember that you can also maintain models in Planning and Archived states for further modeling and reference.

### 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: Salesforce Classic for some features and Lightning Experience for all features</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Performance</strong> and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions and in <strong>Enterprise</strong> and <strong>Unlimited</strong> Editions with Sales</td></tr></tbody></table>

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d56745e73 ">To activate a territory model:</td>

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              <p>View Setup and Configuration</p>
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              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Manage Territories</p>
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One model can be in the Active state at one time. You can activate a model if it’s in the Planning state. After activating a model, you can’t reset it to Planning, but you can set it to Archived. If you use territory forecasts, ensure that opportunity revenue rolls up based on the newly activated territory hierarchy. To do so, consider running the opportunity territory assignment filter or assigning territories to opportunities manually or via the API.

1. Preview account assignments before activating the model.
2. Open the record for the territory model you want to activate and click **View Hierarchy**.
3. Click **Activate**.
    
    The model state changes to Activating while Salesforce processes your request. Activation can take some time, depending on the size and complexity of your model. When the process is done, we send you an email to let you know.

#### See Also

- [How Do Permissions for Territories Affect Feature and Data Access?](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sales.tm2_how_access_permissions_work.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Anticipate how permissions for Sales Territories affect administration and provide access to records and data.")
- [Territory Model State](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sales.tm2_territory_model_state.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Territory model state indicates whether a territory is in the planning stage, in active use, or archived. You can have only one active territory model at a time. But you can create and maintain multiple models in planning or archived state to use for extra modeling or reference. Some states reflect a territory model’s lifecycle and others indicate errors in processing when states are changed.")