Sometimes it's hard to tell how a user is getting (or not getting) certain permissions.  Is it coming from their user Profile?  Or a Permission Set?  Or maybe the Org-Wide defaults or Sharing Rules are preventing access?  Maybe the user is in a Role

<p><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sometimes it&apos;s hard to tell how a user is getting (or not getting) certain permissions. &#xA0;Is it coming from their user Profile? &#xA0;Or a Permission Set? &#xA0;Or maybe the Org-Wide defaults or Sharing Rules are preventing access? &#xA0;Maybe the user is in a Role that makes half of the records invisible to them?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here are two really nice (and free) tools that you can use to examine user permissions in Salesforce.</span></p><div id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Latoregular, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.1px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Crazy Compare for Salesforce</span></div><ol style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Latoregular, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.1px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chrome extension</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I usually run this in a separate Chrome browser profile that I use only for this extension (just for security paranoia reasons)</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/crazy-compare-for-salesfo/bncmdklijpjfpmpdmobeafcegnnkkjff" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; color: rgb(228, 99, 23);" target="_blank">https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/crazy-compare-for-salesfo/bncmdklijpjfpmpdmobeafcegnnkkjff</a></li></ol><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Latoregular, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.1px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Latoregular, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.1px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">User Access and Permissions Assistant</span></div><ol style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SF managed package from Salesforce Labs</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://appexchange.salesforce.com/listingDetail?listingId=a0N3A00000FeF99UAF&amp;tab=e" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; color: rgb(228, 99, 23);" target="_blank">https://appexchange.salesforce.com/listingDetail?listingId=a0N3A00000FeF99UAF&amp;tab=e</a></li></ol></div>

Comparing user profiles, roles, and permissions in Salesforce

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