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title: "Creating Archival Policies"
description: "To create an archival policy, complete the following steps: Launch the Add Archival Policy wizard. Specify a name and description for the archival policy. Choose a Salesforce organization. Choose data that will be archived."
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breadcrumb: "User Guide > Performing Salesforce Archiving > Creating Archival Policies"
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# Creating Archival Policies

To create an archival policy, complete the following steps:

1. [Launch the Add Archival Policy wizard](add_archival_policy_wizard.md).
2. [Specify a name and description for the archival policy](add_archival_policy_name.md).
3. [Choose a Salesforce organization](add_archival_policy_connect_salesforce.md).
4. [Choose data that will be archived](add_archival_policy_data.md).
5. [Configure general archival settings](add_archival_policy_options.md).
6. [Verify backup consistency](add_archival_policy_consistency.md).
7. [Finish working with the wizard](add_archival_policy_finish.md).

::: important

- Before you run an archival policy, it is strongly recommended that you deactivate [Flows](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.flow_distribute_activate.htm&type=5), [Validation Rules](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fields_activating_field_validation_rules.htm&type=5) and [Apex Triggers](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=000385540&type=1) in Salesforce since business logic and automated rules configured in Salesforce can block Veeam Backup for Salesforce archival operations and trigger undesirable side processes.
- By default, you cannot create multiple archival policies for one root Salesforce object or file type. To change this behavior, modify the `archive.object.allow.parallel` value as described in section [Configuring Advanced Settings](advanced_settings.md).

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