How To Compare Permission Sets In Salesforce?

compare multiple permission sets

For any Salesforce Admin or Developer, there often arises a need to compare multiple Permission Sets side by side—typically in Excel—for auditing, troubleshooting, or documentation purposes.

However, using the standard Salesforce interface, this process becomes tedious and time-consuming, requiring you to open and review each Permission Set individually. Not efficient, right?

That’s where BOFC (Bulk Object Field Creator) comes in.


How BOFC Simplifies Permission Set Comparison

BOFC allows you to instantly compare and export multiple Permission Sets in a single click—saving hours of manual effort. Whether you’re analyzing access for security audits, change reviews, or compliance checks, BOFC streamlines the process from start to finish.

Key Benefits:

  • 📊 Bulk Compare & Export: Select multiple Permission Sets and export all differences to a single Excel sheet.

  • 🔍 Detailed Comparison includes:

    • Object-level access

    • App & Tab visibility

    • User & Administrative permissions

    • Record type access

    • Apex Class & Visualforce Page permissions

    • Field-level security

  • 1-Click Simplicity: No need to open Permission Sets one by one—just select, click, and export.

Sample Comparison Sheet

Note:

To avail this feature, kindly make sure you have installed the latest version of the application. You can upgrade your package using either of two ways:

  1. In Salesforce, go to “BOFC Home > Settings > App Version > Click to Upgrade” — or —
  2. Refer the below button to quickly upgrade your package to the latest version and explore its complete benefits:

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Few Simple Steps to Compare Permission Sets Salesforce

1. Open the BOFC Home > Click “Compare Multiple Permission Set (Side by Side)”

Compare Multiple Permission Set

2. It will open below screen for BOFC “Managing Multiple Permission Set”

Managing Multiple Permission Set
3. User can choose different actions on above screen. This below image is highlighted with number and has its description as below:

Manage single or multiple Permission Sets

  1. Select single or multiple Permission Sets from the drop down
  2. Select which permission Set components needs to be exported (for eg: Object details, Apex permissions, Record type settings, user permissions etc)
  3. Select “if user wants to export components which are unmanaged or components related to managed packages and unmanaged (both)?
  4. Select “if user wants to export or compare Permission Set”?
  5. Click “Click to Initiate Export” button to export xls file for all the selected permission sets with all the selected components. It will exports single xls (with multiple tabs, one tab for each Permission Set) for all the selected Permission Sets in Salesforce.
  6. The Component list doesn’t have object “Fields Permissions“. To export or update Field permissions for Multiple objects and multiple Permission Sets use the “Click Here” link to open the field permissions page

4. On clicking Click to Initiate Export button, it will display a small section on the page. This section show the status of your export for multiple Permission Sets Wait for couple of seconds, until status is changed to “Completed” in the export status table.

Click to Initiate Export" button

  1. Status: Shows if process got completed or not
  2. Processed: Shows no of permission sets which are successfully processed
  3. Failure: Shows no of permission sets which got error out

5. Once status is Completed, your file is ready for export. Click on “Download” link to download your Comparison sheet of Permission Sets in xls.

“Click Download Link” : On clicking this link, it will download a xls file for all the selected Permission Sets in Side-by Side format.

Comparison sheet of Permission Sets in xls

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