What do all users in a Salesforce role or profile have – and who is different?

Short answer: people in the same role or profile drift apart over time – one gets an extra permission set, another misses one. Salesforce lists the users of a profile, but not what they hold beyond it. doDev, a free Chrome extension, builds a matrix of everyone in the role or profile and what they hold.

Check it with doDev

1. Install doDev and open it from the toolbar while you are logged into Salesforce.
2. Go to Compare → Role & Profile Members.
3. Pick a role (optionally with the roles below it) or a profile.
4. Click Build matrix.

You get:

• Everyone has / Most have / Only a few have – the permission sets, groups and licences, by how many people hold them.
• People – those who differ from the rest first. Click a permission set to see who has it and who is missing it, or a person to see what they’re missing.
• Matrix – profiles first, then permission sets, groups and licences, one column per person.
• Suggested permission set group – what everyone in the role should share, with a deployable file and an assignment plan.

Doing it without a tool

Setup → Profiles → the profile → View Users lists the people; for each one you open their permission set assignments. A query on PermissionSetAssignment filtered by Assignee.ProfileId or Assignee.UserRoleId gives the raw list to pivot in a spreadsheet.

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