Document Management & Sharing
Experience Cloud
salesforce experience cloud is used to create portals where external users such as customers or partners can access salesforce data cloudfiles extends experience cloud by allowing files and folders (from cloud storage) to be shared securely with these external users it provides a way to control which documents are visible and what actions users can perform on them this makes experience cloud an effective solution for external collaboration and document exchange docid\ qdxgosx1k7rffitkwl4pq experience cloud sharing is enabled from the experience cloud section within document management & sharing in cloudfiles once enabled, cloudfiles allows its widgets to be used within experience cloud sites these widgets surface files and folders related to salesforce records or content libraries and make them available to external users based on configuration and permissions the cloudfiles widget can be added to any experience cloud page, including record pages, home pages, and custom community pages the widget acts as the primary interface through which experience cloud users interact with shared content docid\ pf9zjwi2z0a17sggm0tr2 access to experience cloud functionality in cloudfiles is controlled through cloudfiles external user permission set this permission set defines which users can access cloudfiles features within an experience cloud site and what actions they are allowed to perform on files and folders permissions can be adjusted to align with specific business requirements the cloudfiles widget configuration guide can be referenced to modify default permissions and control visibility, access levels, and available operations for experience cloud users docid 3736weo1 lridifqp5j70 cloudfiles provides multiple ways to share files and folders with experience cloud users sharing can be enabled through a default configuration, performed manually by internal users from the cloudfiles record widget or from the content library, or triggered using salesforce flow actions each sharing method controls when files are shared and how access is granted to experience cloud users users can access files and perform operations based on the permission set assigned to them