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# Set Up Data Cloud for Salesforce Foundations

After the required products for Salesforce Foundations are added, you’re ready to set up Data Cloud for Salesforce Foundations.

### Required Editions

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            <th scope="colgroup" class="slds-cell-wrap" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" id="d4883e37">User Permissions Needed</th>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d4883e37 ">To manage permission sets, access Data Cloud Setup, and create an identity resolution
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              <p>Assign Permission Sets</p>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d4883e37 ">To create an identity resolution ruleset and other Data Cloud features:</td>
            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d4883e37 ">Appropriate <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_userpermissions.htm&amp;type=5&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">Data Cloud permission
                set</a></td>
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After you add required Salesforce Foundations products, Data Cloud is automatically provisioned. If auto provisioning isn’t available, manually [turn on Data Cloud](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_setup_provision.htm&type=5&language=en_US). If you encounter a Data Cloud error on the Salesforce Foundations setup page, go to Data Cloud Setup Home to review error messages and retry.

#### See Also

- [Data Cloud Considerations for Salesforce Foundations](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.base_considerations_data_cloud.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Data Cloud powers campaign segmentation and unified customer profiles for marketing and commerce use cases in Salesforce Foundations. With Data Cloud, users can take advantage of flexible consent data tools and create audiences for order confirmation emails and marketing messages.")
- [_Video_: Data Cloud Basics Series](https://salesforcedatacloud.hubs.vidyard.com/)
- [Default and Custom Match Rules](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_match_rules_criteria.htm&type=5&language=en_US)
- [About Salesforce Data Cloud](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_data_cloud.htm&type=5&language=en_US)

## Configure Settings and Assign Permission Sets

1. Assign yourself the Data Cloud Marketing Admin permission set.
    
    See [Create Data Cloud Users and Assign Permissions](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_setup_walkthrough.htm&type=5&language=en_US).
2. Associate the default data space to the Marketing Manager permission set.
    1. In Setup, search for Permission Sets and select **Permission Sets**.
    2. Select the Marketing Manager permission set.
    3. Under Apps, select **Data Cloud Data Space Management**.
    4. On Data Space Scopes, click **Edit**.
    5. Select the **default** data space to associate it to the permission set.
    6. Save your changes.
3. Assign yourself the General User permission set group.
    - If Quick Settings is turned on, see [Assign Standard Permission Set Groups from Quick Settings](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.base_assign_quick_settings.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "In Quick Settings, assign permission set groups in a few clicks.").
    - If you want to assign permissions from Setup, see [Assign Permission Set Groups to Users](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.perm_set_groups_assign.htm&type=5&language=en_US).

![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-xcloud-base-264-0-0-production-enus/cd97a2ff-8dc4-4a9d-a8f3-2c94cb4fdc33/images/icon_note.png)

Note After you complete these steps, it can take a few days for the Marketing app to show up in your org. After the Marketing app is visible in your org, you can continue with identity resolution ruleset setup.

## Create an Identity Resolution Ruleset

This ruleset organizes and unifies your data for marketing sends and reporting.

See the [Identity Resolution video](https://salesforce.vidyard.com/watch/f4BPXYprd5Wd1fRrsdEVAh) from the Data Cloud video series.

1. In the Marketing app, on the Identity Resolutions tab, click **New**.
2. Select the default data space and select **Individual** for the Primary Data Model Object.
3. Name the ruleset and save.
4. On the identity resolution record, in the Match Rules section, click **Configure**.
5. Select a default or custom match rule.
6. Edit or add criteria for your match rule and save.
    
    Include Contact Point Email Address (Exact Normalized) in the match criteria. This is a critical step to help make sure your customer consent preferences are respected.

You can do more with identity resolution, such as creating rules to specify which objects and fields to reconcile. See [Identity Resolution Reconciliation Rules](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_reconciliation_rules.htm&type=5&language=en_US). After you set up Data Cloud, see [Set Up Marketing for Salesforce Foundations](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.base_setup_marketing.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Configure the required email settings and give users access to the Marketing app.") and [Set Up Commerce for Salesforce Foundations](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.base_setup_commerce.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Assign users access to the Commerce app and features.")