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import UserPrivilegeCase from '../../../_assets/commonMarkdown/userPrivilegeCase.mdx' import MultiServiceAccess from '../../../_assets/commonMarkdown/multi-service-access.mdx' import GrantCreateWarehouse from '../../../_assets/commonMarkdown/grant_create_warehouse.mdx' import GrantWarehouse from '../../../_assets/commonMarkdown/grant_warehouse.mdx'

Grants roles or privileges on specific objects to a user, a role, or an external group.

For more information about the privileges that can be granted, see Privilege items.

For more information about creating an external group, see Group Provider.

After a GRANT operation is performed, you can run SHOW GRANTS to view detailed privilege information or run REVOKE to revoke a privilege or role.

Before a GRANT operation is performed, make sure that the related user or role has been created. For more information, see CREATE USER and CREATE ROLE.

:::tip

Only users with the user_admin role can grant any privilege to other users and roles.
After a role is granted to a user, you must run SET ROLE to activate this role before you perform operations as this role. If you want all default roles to be activated upon login, run ALTER USER or SET DEFAULT ROLE. If you want all privileges in the system to be activated for all users upon login, set the global variable SET GLOBAL activate_all_roles_on_login = TRUE;.
Common users can only grant privileges that have the WITH GRANT OPTION keyword to other users and roles. :::

Syntax

Grant privileges to roles or users

System

Resource group

GRANT
    { ALTER | DROP | ALL [PRIVILEGES] } 
    ON { RESOURCE GROUP <resource_group_name> [, <resource_group_name >,...] ｜ ALL RESOURCE GROUPS} 
    TO { ROLE | USER } { <role_name> | <user_identity> } [ WITH GRANT OPTION ]

Resource

GRANT
    { USAGE | ALTER | DROP | ALL [PRIVILEGES] } 
    ON { RESOURCE <resource_name> [, < resource_name >,...] ｜ ALL RESOURCES} 
    TO { ROLE | USER } { <role_name> | <user_identity> } [ WITH GRANT OPTION ]

Global UDF

GRANT
    { USAGE | DROP | ALL [PRIVILEGES]} 
    ON { GLOBAL FUNCTION <function_name>(input_data_type) [, <function_name>(input_data_type),...]    
       | ALL GLOBAL FUNCTIONS }
    TO { ROLE | USER } { <role_name> | <user_identity> } [ WITH GRANT OPTION ]

Example: GRANT usage ON GLOBAL FUNCTION a(string) to kevin;

Internal catalog

GRANT
    { USAGE | CREATE DATABASE | ALL [PRIVILEGES]} 
    ON CATALOG default_catalog
    TO { ROLE | USER } { <role_name> | <user_identity> } [ WITH GRANT OPTION ]

External catalog

GRANT
   { USAGE | DROP | ALL [PRIVILEGES] } 
   ON { CATALOG <catalog_name> [, <catalog_name>,...] | ALL CATALOGS}
   TO { ROLE | USER } { <role_name> | <user_identity> } [ WITH GRANT OPTION ]

Database

GRANT
    { ALTER | DROP | CREATE TABLE | CREATE VIEW | CREATE FUNCTION | CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW | ALL [PRIVILEGES] } 
    ON { DATABASE <database_name> [, <database_name>,...] | ALL DATABASES }
    TO { ROLE | USER } { <role_name> | <user_identity> } [ WITH GRANT OPTION ]

You must first run SET CATALOG before you run this command.
For databases in an External Catalog, you can grant the CREATE TABLE privilege only on Hive (since v3.1) and Iceberg databases (since v3.2).

Table

-- Grant privileges on SPECIFIC TABLES.
  GRANT
    { ALTER | DROP | SELECT | INSERT | EXPORT | UPDATE | DELETE | ALL [PRIVILEGES]}
    ON TABLE <table_name> [, < table_name >,...]
    TO { ROLE | USER } { <role_name> | <user_identity> } [ WITH GRANT OPTION ]

-- Grant privileges on ALL TABLES in a specific database or all databases.
  GRANT
    { ALTER | DROP | SELECT | INSERT | EXPORT | UPDATE | DELETE | ALL [PRIVILEGES]}
    ON ALL TABLES IN { { DATABASE <database_name> } | ALL DATABASES }
    TO { ROLE | USER } { <role_name> | <user_identity> } [ WITH GRANT OPTION ]

You must first run SET CATALOG before you run this command.
You can also use <db_name>.<table_name> to represent a table.
You can grant the SELECT privilege on all tables in Internal and External Catalogs to read data from these tables. For tables in Hive and Iceberg Catalogs, you can grant the INSERT privilege to write data into such tables (supported since v3.1 for Iceberg and v3.2 for Hive)
```
GRANT <priv> ON TABLE <db_name>.<table_name> TO { ROLE <role_name> | USER <user_name> }
```

View

GRANT  
    { ALTER | DROP | SELECT | ALL [PRIVILEGES]} 
    ON { VIEW <view_name> [, < view_name >,...]
       ｜ ALL VIEWS} IN 
           { { DATABASE <database_name> } | ALL DATABASES }
    TO { ROLE | USER } { <role_name> | <user_identity> } [ WITH GRANT OPTION ]

You must first run SET CATALOG before you run this command.
You can also use <db_name>.<view_name> to represent a view.
For tables in an External Catalog, you can only grant the SELECT privilege on Hive table views (since v3.1).
```
GRANT <priv> ON VIEW <db_name>.<view_name> TO { ROLE <role_name> | USER <user_name> }
```

Materialized view

GRANT
    { SELECT | ALTER | REFRESH | DROP | ALL [PRIVILEGES]} 
    ON { MATERIALIZED VIEW <mv_name> [, < mv_name >,...]
       ｜ ALL MATERIALIZED VIEWS} IN 
           { { DATABASE <database_name> } | ALL DATABASES }
    TO { ROLE | USER } { <role_name> | <user_identity> } [ WITH GRANT OPTION ]

You must first run SET CATALOG before you run this command.

You can also use <db_name>.<mv_name> to represent an mv.

GRANT <priv> ON MATERIALIZED VIEW <db_name>.<mv_name> TO { ROLE <role_name> | USER <user_name> }

Function

GRANT
    { USAGE | DROP | ALL [PRIVILEGES]} 
    ON { FUNCTION <function_name>(input_data_type) [, < function_name >(input_data_type),...]
       ｜ ALL FUNCTIONS} IN 
           { { DATABASE <database_name> } | ALL DATABASES }
    TO { ROLE | USER } { <role_name> | <user_identity> } [ WITH GRANT OPTION ]

You must first run SET CATALOG before you run this command.

You can also use <db_name>.<function_name> to represent a function.

GRANT <priv> ON FUNCTION <db_name>.<function_name>(input_data_type) TO { ROLE <role_name> | USER <user_name> }

User

GRANT IMPERSONATE
ON USER <user_identity>
TO USER <user_identity_1> [ WITH GRANT OPTION ]

Storage volume

GRANT  
    { USAGE | ALTER | DROP | ALL [PRIVILEGES] } 
    ON { STORAGE VOLUME < name > [, < name >,...] ｜ ALL STORAGE VOLUMES} 
    TO { ROLE | USER } { <role_name> | <user_identity> } [ WITH GRANT OPTION ]

Grant roles to roles, users, or external groups

GRANT <role_name> [,<role_name>, ...] TO ROLE <role_name>
GRANT <role_name> [,<role_name>, ...] TO USER <user_identity>
GRANT <role_name> [,<role_name>, ...] TO EXTERNAL GROUP <external_group_name>

Examples

Example 1: Grant the privilege to read data from all tables in all databases to user jack.

GRANT SELECT ON *.* TO 'jack'@'%';

Example 2: Grant the privilege to load data into all tables of database db1 to role my_role.

GRANT INSERT ON db1.* TO ROLE 'my_role';

Example 3: Grant the privileges to read, update, and load data into table tbl1 of database db1 to user jack.

GRANT SELECT,ALTER,INSERT ON db1.tbl1 TO 'jack'@'192.8.%';

Example 4: Grant the privilege to use all the resources to user jack.

GRANT USAGE ON RESOURCE * TO 'jack'@'%';

Example 5: Grant the privilege to use resource spark_resource to user jack.

GRANT USAGE ON RESOURCE 'spark_resource' TO 'jack'@'%';

Example 6: Grant the privilege to use resource spark_resource to role my_role.

GRANT USAGE ON RESOURCE 'spark_resource' TO ROLE 'my_role';

Example 7: Grant the privilege to read data from table sr_member to user jack and allow user jack to grant this privilege to other users or roles (by specifying WITH GRANT OPTION).

GRANT SELECT ON TABLE sr_member TO USER jack@'172.10.1.10' WITH GRANT OPTION;

Example 8: Grant system-defined roles db_admin, user_admin, and cluster_admin to user user_platform.

GRANT db_admin, user_admin, cluster_admin TO USER user_platform;

Example 9: Allow user jack to perform operations as user rose.

GRANT IMPERSONATE ON USER 'rose'@'%' TO USER 'jack'@'%';

Example 10: Grant system-defined roles db_admin, user_admin, and cluster_admin to the external group admin_group.

GRANT db_admin, user_admin, cluster_admin TO EXTERNAL GROUP admin_group;