# Entities

An entity represents a business unit that operates independently and can sell products to multiple countries. Each entity has its own Zuora environment in which the entity users can perform business operations independent of the other entities. In a multi-entity hierarchy, an entity can share certain business objects with the other entities. Users that are created in an entity can be granted access to the other entities with different roles and permissions.
**Note**: Entities are available only if you have the Multi-entity feature enabled. If you want to have access to the Multi-entity feature, submit a request at Zuora Global Support.

 - [POST /v1/entities](https://developer.zuora.com/v1-api-reference/older-api/entities/post_entities.md): Creates an entity in a multi-entity hierarchy. ### User Access Permission You must make the call as a global entity administrator. ### Notes * We recommend that you assign only one administrator to ma
 - [GET /v1/entities](https://developer.zuora.com/v1-api-reference/older-api/entities/get_entities.md): Retrieves detailed information of certain entities in a multi-entity hierarchy. You can retrieve: - Provisioned entities - Unprovisioned entities - Both provisioned and unprovisioned entities ### Use
 - [PUT /v1/entities/{id}](https://developer.zuora.com/v1-api-reference/older-api/entities/put_entities.md): Edits the following information about an unprovisioned entity: - Name - Display name - Locale - Timezone ### User Access Permission You must make the call as a global entity administrator. ### Notes
 - [GET /v1/entities/{id}](https://developer.zuora.com/v1-api-reference/older-api/entities/get_entitybyid.md): Retrieves detailed information about a specified entity. ### User Access Permission You can make the call as any entity user.
 - [DELETE /v1/entities/{id}](https://developer.zuora.com/v1-api-reference/older-api/entities/delete_entities.md): Removes an entity and its sub-entities from a multi-entity hierarchy. You can only remove unprovisioned entities. An error occurred when you remove a provisioned entity. ### User Access Permission You
 - [PUT /v1/entities/{id}/provision](https://developer.zuora.com/v1-api-reference/older-api/entities/put_provisionentity.md): Provisions an entity. You can only provision an entity if its parent entity is provisioned. ### User Access Permission You must make the call as a global entity administrator. ### Notes * Zuora does n