# Before You Start

Before you create a scoping rule, make sure you that have the needed permissions and tools.

| Required Editions                                                                                |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Available in: Lightning Experience in **Performance**,**Unlimited**, and **Developer** editions. |

| User Permissions Needed             |                                                                   |
| ----------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| To create and manage scoping rules: | Manage Sharing                                                    |
| To view scoping rules:              | View Setup & Configuration AND View Restriction and Scoping Rules |

Creating scoping rules requires you to be comfortable using an API development application, such as [Postman](https://www.postman.com). You can use either the [Tooling](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_tooling.meta/api_tooling/intro_api_tooling.htm) or [Metadata](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_meta.meta/api_meta/meta_intro.htm) API to create, retrieve, update, and delete scoping rules. In this Quick Start, we show you how to use both.

For help with creating scoping rules in Setup, see [Create a Scoping Rule](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.security_scoping_rule_create.htm\&type=5).