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Hi @Akhilesh Prajapati

This is Account Engagement (Pardot) territory. The infinite spinner on 

Account Engagement Settings → User Management → Users is a known symptom pattern, almost always tracing back to the Salesforce↔Pardot connector/session layer rather than an actual "Users" bug. I checked the linked community thread it has 0 replies, so no prior resolution to build on there.

Here's the diagnostic order I'd work through, most-likely-cause first:

1. Check Connector authentication statusGo to Account Engagement Settings → Connectors and check the Salesforce connector's status. If it shows an auth error (commonly surfaces as Pardot API Error 184 authentication failure), that alone is enough to hang User Management, since that page pulls live data through the connector session. Reauthenticate the connector user if it's broken.
2. Confirm the connector user still has correct accessThe user account the Salesforce Pardot connector runs as needs an active Salesforce license, System Administrator (or equivalent) profile, and the Account Engagement Administrator role in Pardot. If that user was deactivated, had their profile changed, or lost the Pardot role assignment, the connector silently fails and pages like this spin forever instead of erroring cleanly.
3. Rule out browser-side blocking (very common cause)Account Engagement Settings loads inside a Salesforce Canvas app (an iframe calling out to Pardot's API). Third party cookie blocking (Safari/Chrome privacy settings), ad blockers, or browser extensions frequently break this silently. Test in an incognito/private window with extensions disabled, and try a different browser entirely before assuming it's a config issue.
4. Check Session Settings for Clickjack Protection / IP restrictionsIn Salesforce Setup → Session Settings, aggressive Clickjack Protection settings or 'Lock sessions to the IP address from which they originated' can block the Canvas iframe from completing its callout. Also check Login IP Ranges on the connector user's profile if Pardot's servers aren't whitelisted, the callout can hang rather than fail visibly.
5. Check for multiple Business UnitsIf this org has more than one Account Engagement Business Unit, User Management can hang if the specific Business Unit context is ambiguous or misconfigured for the logged-in user. Confirm which Business Unit the affected admin is scoped to, and that their Salesforce profile maps correctly to it under Business Unit Setup.
6. Escalate to Salesforce Support with the network traceIf all of the above check out, open a case with Salesforce Support (this is a Pardot/Account Engagement product issue, not something fixable via Apex/Flow/config alone). Capture a browser dev-tools Network tab trace of the failed page load first the failing XHR call to Pardot's API will usually show the real error code even though the UI just shows a spinner.

Quickest first move: step 1 (Connectors auth status) and step 3 (incognito/different browser) these two catch the majority of real-world cases of this exact symptom. If the connector shows green/authenticated and it still hangs in a clean browser, jump to step 4 (Session Settings) before assuming it needs a Support case.

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Hi Nancy, 

(or vice versa) for an existing field. 

Go to Setup → Object Manager → Your Object → Fields & Relationships → Your Field 

Click Edit 

You'll see the picklist is tied to a Global Value Set — there is

here to detach it and switch to manual values. This choice is locked in at field creation and isn't editable afterward. 

@Nancy MagalhaesOne limitation I’d consider is the underlying data model: the native Relationship Map is primarily account/contact relationship-focused, so a true side-by-side “customer org + our internal org” hierarchy is difficult to maintain dynamically.

If this is a recurring sales use case, I’d model the internal stakeholders and customer contacts as related records with an explicit relationship type (Decision Maker, Executive Sponsor, Account Owner, etc.), then surface those relationships through a custom LWC. That would keep the visualization data-driven instead of relying on manually added cards, while still keeping everything inside Salesforce.

Hello Heath, 

Honestly, what you’re describing is exactly the kind of scenario where Salesforce native reporting starts to feel stretched. It works great for structured, object-based reporting, but once you get into a lifetime journey model with re-engagements, mixed time contexts, and loosely connected data, it creates noise that’s hard to cleanly model in standard reports. That’s usually the signal to at least consider something like Tableau or Power BI — not because Salesforce is failing, but because your data storytelling has become more complex than what report types and joins can comfortably handle.

That said, I wouldn’t jump tools immediately. External BI tools shine when you need cross-object, time-series, historical layering, and flexible data modeling — basically building a cleaner “analytics layer” on top of Salesforce. They’ll let you reshape your data and remove that noise. 

A lot of orgs in your situation land on a hybrid approach — keep operational dashboards in Salesforce, and use Power BI/Tableau for impact reporting, leadership insights, and longitudinal analysis where your lifetime model really matters. So yes, it’s less about when to move completely and more about when to extend, and from what you described, you’re pretty close to that point. Hope this helps!