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GRANT TO USER

Access to Dremio objects can be managed by granting privileges to users. A privilege is the right to perform a specific action on an object.

Syntax
GRANT { objectPrivilege | ALL } ON { <object_type> <object_name> }
TO USER <username>
Syntax for granting privileges on all folders in an Open Catalog
GRANT { objectPrivilege } ON ALL FOLDERS IN CATALOG { <object_name> }
TO USER <username>
Syntax for granting privileges on all tables and views in an Open Catalog
GRANT { objectPrivilege } ON ALL DATASETS IN CATALOG { <object_name> }
TO USER <username>
note

The DELETE, INSERT, TRUNCATE, and UPDATE privileges are supported only for Iceberg tables.

The CREATE TABLE and DROP privileges are supported only for sources that support mutability.

objectPrivilege
-- On Organizations
{ CONFIGURE SECURITY | CONFIGURE BILLING | CREATE CATALOG | CREATE CLOUD | CREATE PROJECT | CREATE ROLE | CREATE USER | MANAGE GRANTS | OWNERSHIP } [, ...]
-- On Clouds
{ MANAGE GRANTS | MODIFY | MONITOR | OWNERSHIP } [, ...]
-- On Projects
{ ALTER | ALTER REFLECTION | CREATE SOURCE | CREATE TABLE | DELETE | DROP | EXTERNAL QUERY | INSERT | MANAGE GRANTS | MODIFY | MONITOR | OPERATE | OWNERSHIP | SELECT | UPDATE | USAGE | VIEW JOB HISTORY | VIEW REFLECTION } [, ...]
-- On Engines
{ MANAGE GRANTS | MODIFY | MONITOR | OPERATE | OWNERSHIP | USAGE } [, ...]
-- On Identity and Token Providers
{ MODIFY | MONITOR | OPERATE } [, ...]
-- On catalog sources
{ ALTER | ALTER REFLECTION | CREATE TABLE | DELETE | DROP | EXTERNAL QUERY | INSERT | MANAGE GRANTS | MODIFY | OWNERSHIP | SELECT | TRUNCATE | UPDATE | VIEW REFLECTION } [, ...]
-- On Folders
{ ALTER | ALTER REFLECTION | CREATE TABLE | DELETE | DROP | INSERT | MANAGE GRANTS | OWNERSHIP | SELECT | SHOW | TRUNCATE | UPDATE | VIEW REFLECTION } [, ...]
-- On Tables in catalog sources
{ ALTER | DELETE | INSERT | MANAGE GRANTS | OWNERSHIP | SELECT | TRUNCATE | UPDATE } [, ...]
-- On User-Defined Functions
{ OWNERSHIP }
-- On Views in catalog sources
{ ALTER | DELETE | INSERT | MANAGE GRANTS | OWNERSHIP | SELECT | TRUNCATE | UPDATE } [, ...]
-- On Scripts
{ VIEW | MODIFY | DELETE | MANAGE GRANTS }
-- On Roles
{ ALTER | MANAGE GRANTS | OWNERSHIP } [, ...]
-- On Users
{ ALTER | MANAGE GRANTS | OWNERSHIP } [, ...]
-- On Open Catalogs and sources
{ MANAGE GRANTS | OWNERSHIP | USAGE | MODIFY }
-- On Tables in Open Catalogs
{ ALTER REFLECTION | MANAGE GRANTS | SELECT | VIEW REFLECTION | WRITE }
-- On Views in Open Catalogs
{ ALTER REFLECTION | MANAGE GRANTS | SELECT | VIEW REFLECTION | WRITE }

Parameters

<objectPrivilege> String

The privilege(s) to be granted to the user. A comma-separated list of privileges can be specified. For more information, read Privileges.


<object_type> String

The name of the type of object on which the specified privilege is being granted.

Enum: ORG, CLOUD, PROJECT, ENGINE, CATALOG, ROLE, USER, SOURCE, IDENTITY PROVIDER, EXTERNAL TOKEN, FOLDER, FUNCTION, TABLE, VIEW


<object_name> String

The name of the object on which the privilege is being granted. Object names need to be qualified with the path if they are nested.

note

For <object_type> ORG or PROJECT, the <object_name> is inferred and should be omitted from the statement.


<username> String

The username of the user to whom the privilege is being granted.

Examples

Grant SELECT privilege on the project to user
GRANT SELECT
ON PROJECT
TO USER "user@dremio.com"
Grant SELECT and EXTERNAL QUERY privileges on a source to a user
GRANT SELECT, EXTERNAL QUERY
ON SOURCE rdbms
TO USER "user@dremio.com"
Grant OWNERSHIP privilege on a user to a user
GRANT OWNERSHIP
ON USER "user1@dremio.com"
TO USER "user@dremio.com"
Grant MODIFY privileges on an identity provider to a user
GRANT MONITOR
ON IDENTITY PROVIDER "0oarj64sbnrVQBBy"
TO USER "user@dremio.com"
Grant VIEW JOB HISTORY privilege to a user
GRANT VIEW JOB HISTORY
ON SYSTEM
TO USER "user@dremio.com"
Grant OWNERSHIP privilege on an Open Catalog or source to a user
GRANT OWNERSHIP
ON CATALOG prodCatalog
TO USER "user@dremio.com"
Grant SHOW privilege on all folders in an Open Catalog
GRANT SHOW ON ALL FOLDERS IN CATALOG prodCatalog TO USER "user@dremio.com"
Grant SELECT privilege on all tables and views in an Open Catalog
GRANT SELECT
ON ALL DATASETS
IN CATALOG Cat1
TO USER "user@dremio.com"