Access control privileges¶

This topic describes the privileges that are available in the Snowflake access control model. Privileges are granted to roles, and roles are granted to users, to specify the operations that the users can perform on objects in the system.

All privileges (alphabetical)¶

The following privileges are available in the Snowflake access control model. The meaning of each privilege varies depending on the object type to which it is applied, and not all objects support all privileges:

Privilege	Object Type	Description
ALL [ PRIVILEGES ]	All	Grants all the privileges for the specified object type.
APPLY	Policy, Tag	Grants the ability to assign a policy or tag to an object that can be tagged or protected by a policy.
APPLYBUDGET	Database, Schema, Table, hybrid table, Apache Iceberg™ table, Warehouse, Task, Pipe, Materialized View	Grants the ability to add or remove an object to or from a budget.
APPLY AGGREGATION POLICY	Global	Grants the ability to add and drop an aggregation policy on a table or view.
APPLY AUTHENTICATION POLICY	Global	Grants the ability to add or drop an authentication policy on the Snowflake account or a user in the Snowflake account.
APPLY MASKING POLICY	Global	Grants the ability to set a Column-level Security masking policy on a table or view column and to set a masking policy on a tag. This global privilege also allows executing the DESCRIBE operation on tables and views.
APPLY PACKAGES POLICY	Global	Grants the ability to add or drop a packages policy on the Snowflake account.
APPLY PASSWORD POLICY	Global	Grants the ability to add or drop a password policy on the Snowflake account or a user in the Snowflake account.
APPLY PRIVACY POLICY	Global	Grants the ability to add and drop a privacy policy on a table or view.
APPLY PROJECTION POLICY	Global	Grants the ability to add and drop a projection policy on a table or view.
APPLY ROW ACCESS POLICY	Global	Grants the ability to add and drop a row access policy on a table or view. This global privilege also allows executing the DESCRIBE operation on tables and views.
APPLY SESSION POLICY	Global	Grants the ability to set or unset a session policy on an account or user.
APPLY TAG	Global	Grants the ability to add or drop a tag on a Snowflake object.
ATTACH POLICY	Global	Grants the ability to activate a network policy by associating it with your account.
AUDIT	Global	Grants the ability to set the ENABLE_UNREDACTED_QUERY_SYNTAX_ERROR user parameter.
BIND SERVICE ENDPOINT	Global	Enables the ability to create a service that supports public endpoints. For more information about public endpoints, see Ingress: Using a service from outside Snowflake.
CREATE <object_type>	Global, Database, Schema	Grants the ability to create an object of <object_type> (e.g. CREATE TABLE grants the ability to create a table within a schema).
DELETE	Table, hybrid table, Iceberg table	Grants the ability to execute a DELETE command on the table.
EVOLVE SCHEMA	Table	Grants the ability for schema evolution to occur on a table when loading data.
EXECUTE ALERT	Global	Grants the ability to execute alerts owned by the role. For serverless alerts to run, the role that has the OWNERSHIP privilege on the alert must also have the global EXECUTE MANAGED ALERT privilege.
EXECUTE AUTO CLASSIFICATION	Global	Grants the ability to set a classification profile on a schema in order to implement automatic sensitive data classification.
EXECUTE DATA METRIC FUNCTION	Global	Enables using serverless compute resources when calling a data metric function.
EXECUTE MANAGED ALERT	Global	Grants the ability to create alerts that rely on serverless compute resources. Only required to create serverless alerts. The role that has the OWNERSHIP privilege on a serverless alert must have both the EXECUTE MANAGED ALERT and the EXECUTE ALERT privilege for the alert to run.
EXECUTE MANAGED TASK	Global	Grants the ability to create tasks that rely on serverless compute resources. Only required to create serverless tasks. The role that has the OWNERSHIP privilege on a task must have both the EXECUTE MANAGED TASK and the EXECUTE TASK privilege for the task to run.
EXECUTE TASK	Global	Grants the ability to run tasks owned by the role. For serverless tasks to run, the role that has the OWNERSHIP privilege on the task must also have the global EXECUTE MANAGED TASK privilege.
FAILOVER	Failover Group, Connection	Grants the ability to promote a secondary failover group or secondary connection to serve as the primary.
IMPORT SHARE	Global	Applies to data consumers. Grants the ability to view shares shared with your account. Also grants the ability to create databases from the shares; requires the global CREATE DATABASE privilege.
OVERRIDE SHARE RESTRICTIONS	Global	Grants the ability to set value for the SHARE_RESTRICTIONS parameter on a share which enables a Business Critical provider account to add a consumer account (with non-Business Critical edition) to a share. For more details, see Enable sharing from a Business critical account to a non-business critical account.
IMPORTED PRIVILEGES	Database, Data Exchange	Grants the ability to enable roles other than the owning role to access a shared database or manage a Snowflake Marketplace / Data Exchange.
INSERT	Table, hybrid Table, Iceberg table	Grants the ability to execute an INSERT command on the table.
MANAGE ACCOUNT SUPPORT CASES	Global	Grants the ability to view, comment on, and manage all Support cases for the current account in Snowsight.
MANAGE ACCOUNTS	Global	Grants the ability to manage the lifecycle of accounts in an organization.
MANAGE GRANTS	Global	Grants the ability to grant or revoke privileges on any object as if the invoking role were the owner of the object.
MANAGE LISTING AUTOFULFILLMENT	Global	Grants the ability to publish listings to remote regions using Cross-Cloud Auto-Fulfillment and manage auto-fulfillment settings for listings.
MANAGE ORGANIZATION CONTACTS	Global	Grants the ability to manage the contacts for an organization.
MANAGE ORGANIZATION SUPPORT CASES	Global	Grants the ability to view, comment on, and manage all Support cases that were opened by the current user in Snowsight.
MANAGE ORGANIZATION TERMS	Global	Grants the ability to manage the legal terms for an organization.
MANAGE USER SUPPORT CASES	Global	Grants the ability to view, comment on, and manage all Support cases for the current user in Snowsight.
MANAGE WAREHOUSES	Global	Grants the ability to perform operations that require the MODIFY, MONITOR, and OPERATE privileges on warehouses in the same account.
MODIFY	Resource Monitor, Warehouse, Data Exchange Listing, Database, Schema, Failover Group, Replication Group, Compute Pool	Grants the ability to change the settings or properties of an object (e.g. on a virtual warehouse, provides the ability to change the size of a virtual warehouse).
MODIFY LOG LEVEL	Global	Enables setting the level of log messages captured for stored procedures and UDFs in the current account. For more information, see LOG_LEVEL.
MODIFY SESSION LOG LEVEL	Global	Enables setting the level of log messages captured for stored procedures and UDFs invoked in the current session. For more information, see LOG_LEVEL.
MODIFY METRIC LEVEL	Global	Enables setting the level of metrics data captured for stored procedures and UDFs in the current account. For more information, see METRIC_LEVEL.
MODIFY SESSION METRIC LEVEL	Global	Enables setting the level of metrics data captured for stored procedures and UDFs invoked in the current session. For more information, see METRIC_LEVEL.
MODIFY TRACE LEVEL	Global	Enables setting the level of trace events captured for stored procedures and UDFs in the current account. When tracing events, you must also set the LOG_LEVEL parameter to one of its supported values. For more information, see TRACE_LEVEL.
MODIFY SESSION TRACE LEVEL	Global	Enables setting the level of trace events captured for stored procedures and UDFs invoked in the current session. When tracing events, you must also set the LOG_LEVEL parameter to one of its supported values. For more information, see TRACE_LEVEL.
MONITOR	User, Resource Monitor, Warehouse, Database, Schema, Task, Failover Group, Replication Group, Alert, Compute Pool, Service, Dynamic table	Grants the ability to see details within an object (e.g. queries and usage within a warehouse).
MONITOR EXECUTION	Global	Grants the ability to monitor pipes (Snowpipe) or tasks in the account.
MONITOR SECURITY	Global	Grants the ability to call system functions pertaining to Customer-managed keys.
MONITOR USAGE	Global	Grants the ability to monitor account-level usage and historical information for databases and warehouses; for more details, see Enabling non-account administrators to monitor usage and billing history in the Classic Console. Additionally grants the ability to view managed accounts using SHOW MANAGED ACCOUNTS.
OPERATE	Warehouse, Task, Dynamic table, Alert, Compute Pool. Service	Grants the ability to start, stop, suspend, or resume a virtual warehouse. Grants the ability to suspend or resume a task. Grants the ability to suspend, resume, or refresh a dynamic table. Grants the ability to suspend or resume a compute pool. Grants the ability to suspend or resume a Snowpark Container Services service, upgrade service, set, and unset service properties.
OWNERSHIP	All	Grants the ability to drop, alter, and grant or revoke access to an object. Required to rename an object and create a temporary object with the same name as the object itself. OWNERSHIP is a special privilege on an object that is automatically granted to the role that created the object, but can also be transferred using the GRANT OWNERSHIP command to a different role by the owning role or any role with the MANAGE GRANTS privilege.
PURCHASE DATA EXCHANGE LISTING	Global	Grants the ability to purchase a paid listing.
READ	Stage (internal only), Compute Pool, Git Repository, Image Repository	Grants the ability to perform any operations that require reading from an internal stage (GET, LIST, COPY INTO <table>, etc.). Grants the ability to download an image from an image repository. READ privilege on stage and image repository is required to create a Snowpark Container services service.
READ SESSION	Global	Grants the ability to read session context.
REFERENCES	Table, hybrid table, Iceberg table, External table, View	Grants the ability to view the structure of an object (but not the data). . . For tables, the privilege also grants the ability to reference the object as the unique/primary key table for a foreign key constraint.
REPLICATE	Replication Group, Failover Group	Grants the ability to refresh a secondary replication or failover group.
RESOLVE ALL	Global	Grants the ability to resolve all objects in the account, which outputs the object in the corresponding SHOW <objects> command.
SELECT	Table, hybrid table, Iceberg table, External table, View, Stream	Grants the ability to execute a SELECT statement on the table/view.
TRUNCATE	Table, hybrid table, Event table, Iceberg table	Grants the ability to execute a TRUNCATE TABLE command on the table.
UPDATE	Table, hybrid table, Iceberg table	Grants the ability to execute an UPDATE command on the table.
USAGE	Warehouse, Data Exchange Listing, Integration, Database, Schema, Stage (external only), File Format, Sequence, Stored Procedure, User-Defined Function, External Function, Compute Pool, Snapshot, Model	Grants the ability to execute a USE <object> command on the object. Also grants the ability to execute a SHOW <objects> command on the object. Usage on a compute pool is required to create a Snowpark Container Services service. For models, USAGE grants the ability to run inference methods. It does not grant access to the model’s underlying artifacts.
WRITE	Stage (internal only), image repository, Git Repository	Grants the ability to perform any operations that require writing to an internal stage (PUT, REMOVE, COPY INTO <location>, etc.). Grants the ability to upload an image to an image repository.

The remaining sections in this topic describe the specific privileges available for each type of object and their usage.

Global privileges (account-level privileges)¶

Privilege	Usage	Notes
APPLY AGGREGATION POLICY	Grants the ability to add and drop an aggregation policy on a table or view.	This global privilege also allows executing the DESCRIBE operation on tables and views.
APPLY AUTHENTICATION POLICY	Grants the ability to add or drop an authentication policy on the Snowflake account or a user in the Snowflake account.
APPLY MASKING POLICY	Grants the ability to set a Column-level Security masking policy on a table or view column and to set a masking policy on a tag.	This global privilege also allows executing the DESCRIBE operation on tables and views.
APPLY ROW ACCESS POLICY	Grants the ability to add and drop a row access policy on a table or view.	This global privilege also allows executing the DESCRIBE operation on tables and views.
APPLY PACKAGES POLICY	Grants the ability to add or drop a packages policy on the Snowflake account.
APPLY PASSWORD POLICY	Grants the ability to add or drop a password policy on the Snowflake account or a user in the Snowflake account.
APPLY PRIVACY POLICY	Grants the ability to add and drop a privacy policy on a table or view.	This global privilege also allows executing the DESCRIBE operation on tables and views.
APPLY PROJECTION POLICY	Grants the ability to add and drop a projection policy on a table or view.	This global privilege also allows executing the DESCRIBE operation on tables and views.
APPLY SESSION POLICY	Grants the ability to set or unset a session policy on an account or user.
APPLY TAG	Grants the ability to add or drop a tag on a Snowflake object.
ATTACH POLICY	Grants the ability to activate a network policy by associating it with your account.
AUDIT	Grants the ability to set the ENABLE_UNREDACTED_QUERY_SYNTAX_ERROR user parameter.
BIND SERVICE ENDPOINT	Enables the ability to create a service that supports public endpoints. For more information about public endpoints, see Ingress: Using a service from outside Snowflake	Must be granted by the ACCOUNTADMIN role.
CREATE ACCOUNT	Enables a data provider to create a new managed account (i.e. reader account). For more details, see Manage reader accounts.	Must be granted by the ACCOUNTADMIN role.
CREATE COMPUTE POOL	Enables creating a compute pool to run a Snowpark Container Services service.	Must be granted by the ACCOUNTADMIN role.
CREATE DATABASE	Enables creating a new database.	Must be granted by the ACCOUNTADMIN role.
CREATE EXTERNAL VOLUME	Enables creating a new external volume for Apache Iceberg™ tables.
CREATE FAILOVER GROUP	Enables creating a new failover group.	Must be granted by the ACCOUNTADMIN role.
CREATE REPLICATION GROUP	Enables creating a new replication group.	Must be granted by the ACCOUNTADMIN role.
CREATE ROLE	Enables creating a new role.
CREATE USER	Enables creating a new user.
CREATE DATA EXCHANGE LISTING	Enables creating a new Data Exchange listing.	Must be granted by the ACCOUNTADMIN role.
CREATE INTEGRATION	Enables creating a new catalog, notification, security, or storage integration.	Must be granted by the ACCOUNTADMIN role.
CREATE NETWORK POLICY	Enables creating a new network policy.
CREATE SHARE	Enables a data provider to create a new share. For more details, see Enable non-ACCOUNTADMIN roles to perform data sharing tasks.	Must be granted by the ACCOUNTADMIN role.
CREATE WAREHOUSE	Enables creating a new virtual warehouse.	Must be granted by the ACCOUNTADMIN role.
EXECUTE ALERT	Grants the ability to execute alerts owned by the role. For serverless alerts to run, the role that has the OWNERSHIP privilege on the alert must also have the global EXECUTE MANAGED ALERT privilege.	Must be granted by the ACCOUNTADMIN role.
EXECUTE AUTO CLASSIFICATION	Grants the ability to set a classification profile on a schema in order to implement automatic sensitive data classification.	Must be granted by the ACCOUNTADMIN role.
EXECUTE DATA METRIC FUNCTION	Enables using serverless compute resources when calling a data metric function.
EXECUTE MANAGED ALERT	Grants the ability to create alerts that rely on serverless compute resources. Only required to create serverless alerts. The role that has the OWNERSHIP privilege on a serverless alert must have both the EXECUTE MANAGED ALERT and the EXECUTE ALERT privilege for the alert to run.
EXECUTE MANAGED TASK	Grants the ability to create tasks that rely on serverless compute resources. Only required for serverless tasks. The role that has the OWNERSHIP privilege on a task must have both the EXECUTE MANAGED TASK and the EXECUTE TASK privilege for the task to run.	Must be granted by the ACCOUNTADMIN role.
EXECUTE TASK	Grants the ability to run tasks owned by the role. For serverless tasks to run, the role that has the OWNERSHIP privilege on the task must also have the global EXECUTE MANAGED TASK privilege.	Must be granted by the ACCOUNTADMIN role.
IMPORT SHARE	Enables a data consumer to view shares shared with their account. Also grants the ability to create databases from shares; requires the global CREATE DATABASE privilege. For more details, see Enable non-ACCOUNTADMIN roles to perform data sharing tasks.	Must be granted by the ACCOUNTADMIN role.
MANAGE ACCOUNTS	Grants the ability to manage the lifecycle of accounts (for example, creating and deleting).	Must be granted by the GLOBALORGADMIN role in the organization account.
MANAGE ACCOUNT SUPPORT CASES	Grants the ability to view, comment on, and manage all Support cases for the current account in Snowsight.
MANAGE GRANTS	Enables granting or revoking privileges on objects for which the role is not the owner.	Must be granted by the SECURITYADMIN role (or higher).
MANAGE ORGANIZATION CONTACTS	Grants the ability to manage the contacts of an organization.	Must be granted by the GLOBALORGADMIN role in the organization account.
MANAGE ORGANIZATION SUPPORT CASES	Grants the ability to view, comment on, and manage all Support cases that were opened by the current user in Snowsight.
MANAGE ORGANIZATION TERMS	Grants the ability to manage the legal terms for an organization.	Must be granted by the GLOBALORGADMIN role in the organization account.
MANAGE USER SUPPORT CASES	Grants the ability to view, comment on, and manage all Support cases for the current user in Snowsight.
MANAGE WAREHOUSES	Grants the ability to perform operations that require MODIFY, MONITOR, and OPERATE privileges on warehouses in the same account.	Must be granted by the ACCOUNTADMIN role.
MANAGE LISTING AUTOFULFILLMENT	Grants the ability to publish listings to remote regions using Cross-Cloud Auto-Fulfillment and manage auto-fulfillment settings for listings.	In the organization account, must be granted by the GLOBALORGADMIN role. In all other accounts, must be granted by the ACCOUNTADMIN role after that role has been delegated privileges by the ORGADMIN role.
MODIFY LOG LEVEL	Enables setting the level of log messages captured for stored procedures and UDFs in the current account.	For more information, see LOG_LEVEL.
MODIFY METRIC LEVEL	Enables setting the level of metrics data captured for stored procedures and UDFs in the current account.	For more information, see METRIC_LEVEL.
MODIFY SESSION LOG LEVEL	Enables setting the level of log messages captured for stored procedures and UDFs invoked in the current session.	For more information, see LOG_LEVEL.
MODIFY SESSION METRIC LEVEL	Enables setting the level of metrics data captured for stored procedures and UDFs invoked in the current session.	For more information, see METRIC_LEVEL.
MODIFY TRACE LEVEL	Enables setting the level of trace events captured for stored procedures and UDFs in the current account.	When tracing events, you must also set the LOG_LEVEL parameter to one of its supported values. For more information, see TRACE_LEVEL.
MODIFY SESSION TRACE LEVEL	Enables setting the level of trace events captured for stored procedures and UDFs invoked in the current session.	When tracing events, you must also set the LOG_LEVEL parameter to one of its supported values. For more information, see TRACE_LEVEL.
MONITOR EXECUTION	Grants the ability to monitor any pipes or tasks in the account.	Must be granted by the ACCOUNTADMIN role. The USAGE privilege is also required on each database and schema that stores these objects.
MONITOR SECURITY	Grants the ability to call system functions pertaining to Customer-managed keys.
MONITOR USAGE	Grants the ability to monitor account-level usage and historical information for databases and warehouses; for more details, see Enabling non-account administrators to monitor usage and billing history in the Classic Console. Additionally grants the ability to view managed accounts using SHOW MANAGED ACCOUNTS.	Must be granted by the ACCOUNTADMIN role.
OVERRIDE SHARE RESTRICTIONS	Grants the ability to set value for the SHARE_RESTRICTIONS parameter on a share which enables a Business Critical provider account to add a consumer account (with non-Business Critical edition) to a share.	For more details, see Enable sharing from a Business critical account to a non-business critical account.
PURCHASE DATA EXCHANGE LISTING	Grants the ability to purchase a paid listing.	See Paying for listings.
READ SESSION	Grants the ability to read session context.	Must be granted by the ACCOUNTADMIN role.
RESOLVE ALL	Grants the ability to resolve all objects in the account, which outputs the object in the corresponding SHOW <objects> command.
ALL [ PRIVILEGES ]	Grants all global privileges.

User privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
MONITOR	Grants the ability to view the login history for the user.
OWNERSHIP	Grants full control over a user/role. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific object at a time.
ALL [ PRIVILEGES ]	Grants all privileges, except OWNERSHIP, on the user.

Role privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
OWNERSHIP	Grants full control over a role. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific object at a time. Note that the owner role does not inherit any permissions granted to the owned role. To inherit permissions from a role, that role must be granted to another role, creating a parent-child relationship in a role hierarchy.

Resource monitor privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
MODIFY	Enables altering any properties of a resource monitor, such as changing the monthly credit quota.
MONITOR	Enables viewing a resource monitor.
ALL [ PRIVILEGES ]	Grants all privileges, except OWNERSHIP, on the resource monitor.

Virtual warehouse privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
APPLYBUDGET	Enables adding or removing a warehouse from a budget.
MODIFY	Enables altering any properties of a warehouse, including changing its size. . . Required to assign a warehouse to a resource monitor. Note that only the ACCOUNTADMIN role can assign warehouses to resource monitors.
MONITOR	Enables viewing current and past queries executed on a warehouse as well as usage statistics on that warehouse.
OPERATE	Enables changing the state of a warehouse (stop, start, suspend, resume). In addition, enables viewing current and past queries executed on a warehouse and aborting any executing queries.
USAGE	Enables using a virtual warehouse and, as a result, executing queries on the warehouse. If the warehouse is configured to auto-resume when a SQL statement (e.g. query) is submitted to it, the warehouse resumes automatically and executes the statement.
OWNERSHIP	Grants full control over a warehouse. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific object at a time.
ALL [ PRIVILEGES ]	Grants all privileges, except OWNERSHIP, on the warehouse.

Tip

The granting of the global MANAGE WAREHOUSES privilege is equivalent to granting the MODIFY, MONITOR, and OPERATE privileges on all warehouses in an account. You can grant this privilege to a role whose purpose includes managing a warehouse to simplify your Snowflake access control management.

For details, refer to Delegating warehouse management.

For instructions on creating a custom role with a specified set of privileges, see Creating custom roles.

For general information about roles and privilege grants for performing SQL actions on securable objects, see Overview of Access Control.

Connection privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
FAILOVER	Grants the ability to promote a secondary connection to serve as the primary connection.

External volume privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
USAGE	Enables referencing the external volume when executing other commands that use the external volume, and grants the ability to view details for an external volume in a SHOW or DESCRIBE command.
OWNERSHIP	Grants full control over an external volume. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific object at a time.

Failover group privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
MODIFY	Enables altering any properties of a failover group.
MONITOR	Enables viewing details of a failover group.
OWNERSHIP	Grants full control over a failover group. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific object at a time.
FAILOVER	Enables promoting a secondary failover group to serve as primary failover group.
REPLICATE	Enables refreshing a secondary failover group.
ALL [ PRIVILEGES ]	Grants all privileges, except OWNERSHIP, on the failover group.

Replication group privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
MODIFY	Enables altering any properties of a replication group.
MONITOR	Enables viewing details of a replication group.
OWNERSHIP	Grants full control over a replication group. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific object at a time.
REPLICATE	Enables refreshing a secondary replication group.
ALL [ PRIVILEGES ]	Grants all privileges, except OWNERSHIP, on the replication group.

Integration privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
USAGE	Enables referencing the integration when executing other commands that use the integration. For more information, see access control requirements for CREATE STAGE and CREATE EXTERNAL ACCESS INTEGRATION.
USE_ANY_ROLE	Allows the External OAuth client or user to switch roles only if this privilege is granted to the client or user. Configure the External OAuth security integration to use the `EXTERNAL_OAUTH_ANY_ROLE_MODE` parameter using CREATE SECURITY INTEGRATION or ALTER SECURITY INTEGRATION.
OWNERSHIP	Grants full control over an integration. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific object at a time.
ALL [ PRIVILEGES ]	Grants all privileges, except OWNERSHIP, on the integration.

Authentication Policy Privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
OWNERSHIP	Transfers ownership of an authentication policy, which grants full control over the authentication policy. Required to alter most properties of an authentication policy.

Network Rule Privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
OWNERSHIP	Grants full control over the network rule.

Network policy privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
OWNERSHIP	Grants full control over the network policy. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific object at a time.

Packages policy privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
OWNERSHIP	Transfers ownership of a packages policy, which grants full control over the packages policy. Required to alter most properties of a packages policy.
USAGE	Grants the ability to view the contents of a packages policy in a SHOW or DESCRIBE command.

Password policy privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
OWNERSHIP	Transfers ownership of a password policy, which grants full control over the password policy. Required to alter most properties of a password policy.

Session policy privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
OWNERSHIP	Transfers ownership of a session policy, which grants full control over the session policy. Required to alter most properties of a session policy.

Data exchange privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
IMPORTED PRIVILEGES	Enables roles other than the owning role to manage a Data Exchange.

Listing privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
MODIFY	Enables roles other than the owning role to modify a listing.
USAGE	Enables viewing a listing.
OWNERSHIP	Grants full control over a listing. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific object at a time.
ALL [ PRIVILEGES ]	Grants all privileges, except OWNERSHIP, on a listing.

Privilege	Usage
OWNERSHIP	Grants full control over a share. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific object at a time. Cannot be transferred.

Database privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
APPLYBUDGET	Enables adding or removing a database from a budget.
MODIFY	Enables altering any settings of a database.
MONITOR	Enables performing the DESCRIBE command on the database.
USAGE	Enables using a database, including returning the database details in the SHOW DATABASES command output. Additional privileges are required to view or take actions on objects in a database.
REFERENCE_USAGE	Enables using an object (e.g. secure view in a share) when the object references another object in a different database. Grant the privilege on the other database to the share. You cannot grant this privilege on a database to any kind of role. For details, see GRANT <privilege> … TO SHARE and Share data from multiple databases.
CREATE DATABASE ROLE	Enables creating a new database role in a database.
CREATE SCHEMA	Enables creating a new schema in a database, including cloning a schema.
IMPORTED PRIVILEGES	Enables roles other than the owning role to access a shared database; applies only to shared databases.
OWNERSHIP	Grants full control over the database. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific object at a time.
ALL [ PRIVILEGES ]	Grants all privileges, except OWNERSHIP, on a database.

Note

Changing the properties of a database requires the OWNERSHIP privilege for the database.

Updating the COMMENT property only requires the MODIFY privilege for the database.
If any database privilege is granted to a role, that role can take SQL actions on objects in a schema using fully-qualified names. The role must have the USAGE privilege on the schema as well as the required privilege or privileges on the object. To make a database the active database in a user session, the USAGE privilege on the database is required.
An account-level role (i.e. r1) with the OWNERSHIP privilege on the database can grant the CREATE DATABASE ROLE privilege to a different account-level role (i.e. r2). Similarly, r1 can also revoke the CREATE DATABASE ROLE privilege from another account-level role..

In this scenario, r2 must have the USAGE privilege on the database to create a new database role in that database.
When you create a database role, the USAGE privilege on the database that contains the database role is automatically granted to the database role.
Currently, Snowsight does not recognize inherited privileges from database roles or application roles. For more information on this limitation, see Snowsight Limitations.

Schema privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
APPLYBUDGET	Enables adding or removing a schema from a budget.
MODIFY	Enables altering any settings of a schema.
MONITOR	Enables performing the DESCRIBE command on the schema.
USAGE	Enables using a schema, including returning the schema details in the SHOW SCHEMAS command output. . . To execute SHOW <objects> commands for objects (tables, views, stages, file formats, sequences, pipes, or functions) in the schema, a role must have at least one privilege granted on the object.
CREATE AUTHENTICATION POLICY	Enables creating a new authentication policy in a schema.
CREATE DATA METRIC FUNCTION	Enables creating a new data metric function in a schema.
CREATE TABLE	Enables creating a new table in a schema, including cloning a table. Note that this privilege is not required to create temporary tables, which are scoped to the current user session and are automatically dropped when the session ends.
CREATE DYNAMIC TABLE	Enables creating a new dynamic table in a schema.
CREATE EVENT TABLE	Enables creating a new event table in a schema.
CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE	Enables creating a new external table in a schema.
CREATE GIT REPOSITORY	Enables creating a new Git repository stage in a schema.
CREATE ICEBERG TABLE	Enables creating a new Iceberg table in a schema.
CREATE VIEW	Enables creating a new view in a schema.
CREATE MASKING POLICY	Enables creating a new masking policy in a schema.
CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW	Enables creating a new materialized view in a schema.
CREATE NETWORK RULE	Enables creating a new network rule in a schema.
CREATE NOTEBOOK	Enables creating a new notebook in a schema.
CREATE ROW ACCESS POLICY	Enables creating a new row access policy in a schema.
CREATE SECRET	Enables creating a new secret in the current/specified schema or replaces an existing secret.
CREATE SESSION POLICY	Enables creating a new session policy in a schema.
CREATE STAGE	Enables creating a new stage in a schema, including cloning a stage.
CREATE STREAMLIT	Enables creating a new Streamlit app in a schema.
CREATE FILE FORMAT	Enables creating a new file format in a schema, including cloning a file format.
CREATE SEQUENCE	Enables creating a new sequence in a schema, including cloning a sequence.
CREATE FUNCTION	Enables creating a new UDF or external function in a schema.
CREATE PACKAGES POLICY	Enables creating a new packages policy in a schema.
CREATE PASSWORD POLICY	Enables creating a new password policy in a schema.
CREATE PIPE	Enables creating a new pipe in a schema.
CREATE STREAM	Enables creating a new stream in a schema, including cloning a stream.
CREATE TAG	Enables creating a new tag key in a schema.
CREATE TASK	Enables creating a new task in a schema, including cloning a task.
CREATE PROCEDURE	Enables creating a new stored procedure in a schema.
CREATE ALERT	Enables creating a new alert in a schema.
CREATE CORTEX SEARCH SERVICE	Enables creating new Cortex search services on a schema.
CREATE SNOWFLAKE.CORE.BUDGET	Enables creating new budget on a schema.
CREATE SNOWFLAKE.DATA_PRIVACY.CUSTOM_CLASSIFIER	Enables creating new custom classifier instance on a schema.
CREATE SNOWFLAKE.ML.ANOMALY_DETECTION	Enables creating new anomaly detection model instances on a schema.
CREATE SNOWFLAKE.ML.CLASSIFICATION	Enables creating new classification model instances on a schema.
CREATE SNOWFLAKE.ML.FORECAST	Enables creating new forecast model instances on a schema.
CREATE SNOWFLAKE.ML.TOP_INSIGHTS	Enables creating new Top Insights instances on a schema.
CREATE SNOWFLAKE.ML.DOCUMENT_INTELLIGENCE	Enables creating new Document AI model build instances on a schema.
CREATE MODEL	Enables creating a machine learning model on a schema.
CREATE IMAGE REPOSITORY	Enables creating a Snowpark Container Services image repository on a schema.
CREATE SERVICE	Enables creating a Snowpark Container Services service on a schema.
CREATE SNAPSHOT	Enables creating a Snowpark Container Services snapshot on a schema.
ADD SEARCH OPTIMIZATION	Enables adding search optimization to a table in a schema.
OWNERSHIP	Grants full control over the schema. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific object at a time.
ALL [ PRIVILEGES ]	Grants all privileges, except OWNERSHIP, on a schema.

Note

Changing the properties of a schema, including comments, requires the OWNERSHIP privilege for the database.
Operating on a schema also requires the USAGE privilege on the parent database.

Table privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
SELECT	Enables executing a SELECT statement on a table and classifying a table.
INSERT	Enables executing an INSERT command on a table. Also enables using the ALTER TABLE command with a `RECLUSTER` clause to manually recluster a table with a clustering key.
UPDATE	Enables executing an UPDATE command on a table.
TRUNCATE	Enables executing a TRUNCATE TABLE command on a table.
DELETE	Enables executing a DELETE command on a table.
EVOLVE SCHEMA	Enables schema evolution to occur on a table when loading data.
REFERENCES	Enables referencing a table as the unique/primary key table for a foreign key constraint. Also enables viewing the structure of a table (but not the data) via the DESCRIBE or SHOW command or by querying the Information Schema.
APPLYBUDGET	Enables adding or removing a table from a budget.
OWNERSHIP	Grants full control over the table. Required to alter most properties of a table, with the exception of reclustering. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific object at a time.
ALL [ PRIVILEGES ]	Grants all privileges, except OWNERSHIP, on a table.

Note

Operating on a table also requires the USAGE privilege on the parent database and schema.
A role must be granted or inherit the OWNERSHIP privilege on the object to create a temporary object that has the same name as the object that already exists in the schema.

Dynamic table privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
SELECT	Enables executing a SELECT statement on a dynamic table.
OPERATE	Enables altering the properties of a dynamic table. If you do not have this privilege on a dynamic table, you can’t use the ALTER DYNAMIC TABLE command, which enables you to: Suspend a dynamic table using ALTER … SUSPEND. Resume a dynamic table using ALTER … RESUME. Refresh a dynamic table using ALTER … REFRESH. Set or change the warehouse and/or target lag using ALTER … SET.
MONITOR	Enables accessing the metadata for a dynamic table through Snowsight and SQL commands and functions. If you don’t have the MONITOR privilege on a dynamic table, you can’t do the following: Call the DYNAMIC_TABLE_GRAPH_HISTORY table function to view graph history of that dynamic table. Call the DYNAMIC_TABLE_REFRESH_HISTORY table function to view refresh history for that dynamic table. View that dynamic table in the output of the SHOW DYNAMIC TABLES command. View that dynamic table’s metadata in the output of the DESCRIBE DYNAMIC TABLE command or the Snowsight dynamic tables details page. If you have the SELECT privilege but don’t have the MONITOR privilege, the following fields are hidden: `text`, `warehouse`, `scheduling_state`, `last_suspended_on`, and `suspend_reason_code` (only hidden in Snowsight).
OWNERSHIP	Grants full control over the dynamic table. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific object at a time. Required to drop a dynamic table.
ALL [ PRIVILEGES ]	Grants all privileges, except OWNERSHIP, on the dynamic table.

Event table privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
SELECT	Enables executing a SELECT statement on an event table.
INSERT	Enables executing an INSERT command on an event table.
TRUNCATE	Enables executing a TRUNCATE TABLE command on the event table.
DELETE	Enables executing a DELETE command on an event table.
ALL [ PRIVILEGES ]	Grants all privileges, except OWNERSHIP, on the event table.
OWNERSHIP	Grants full control over the event table. Required to alter the event table. In conjunction with OWNERSHIP of the account, grants the ability to associate an account with an event table.

Note

Operating on an event table also requires the USAGE privilege on the parent database and schema.

External table privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
SELECT	Enables executing a SELECT statement on an external table and classifying an external table.
REFERENCES	Enables viewing the structure of an external table (but not the data) via the DESCRIBE or SHOW command or by querying the Information Schema.
OWNERSHIP	Grants full control over the external table; required to refresh an external table. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific object at a time. Note that in a managed access schema, only the schema owner (i.e. the role with the OWNERSHIP privilege on the schema) or a role with the MANAGE GRANTS privilege can grant or revoke privileges on objects in the schema, including future grants.
ALL [ PRIVILEGES ]	Grants all privileges, except OWNERSHIP, on an external table.

Note

Operating on an external table also requires the USAGE privilege on the parent database and schema.

Hybrid table privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
SELECT	Enables executing a SELECT statement on a hybrid table.
INSERT	Enables executing an INSERT command on a hybrid table.
UPDATE	Enables executing an UPDATE command on a hybrid table.
TRUNCATE	Enables executing a TRUNCATE TABLE command on a hybrid table.
DELETE	Enables executing a DELETE command on a hybrid table.
REFERENCES	Enables referencing a hybrid table as the unique/primary key table for a foreign key constraint. Also enables viewing the structure of a hybrid table (but not the data) via the DESCRIBE or SHOW command or by querying the Information Schema.
APPLYBUDGET	Enables adding or removing a hybrid table from a budget.
OWNERSHIP	Grants full control over the hybrid table. Required to alter most properties of a hybrid table. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific object at a time.
ALL [ PRIVILEGES ]	Grants all privileges, except OWNERSHIP, on a hybrid table.

Note

Operating on a hybrid table also requires the USAGE privilege on the parent database and schema.
The following privileges have no effect when granted on a hybrid table that uses a catalog integration: INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE. Hybrid tables that use a catalog integration are read-only.

Iceberg table privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
SELECT	Enables executing a SELECT statement on an Iceberg table.
INSERT	Enables executing an INSERT command on an Iceberg table.
UPDATE	Enables executing an UPDATE command on an Iceberg table.
TRUNCATE	Enables executing a TRUNCATE TABLE command on an Iceberg table.
DELETE	Enables executing a DELETE command on an Iceberg table.
REFERENCES	Enables referencing an Iceberg table as the unique/primary key table for a foreign key constraint. Also enables viewing the structure of an Iceberg table (but not the data) via the DESCRIBE or SHOW command or by querying the Information Schema.
APPLYBUDGET	Enables adding or removing an Iceberg table from a budget.
OWNERSHIP	Grants full control over the Iceberg table. Required to alter most properties of an Iceberg table. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific object at a time.
ALL [ PRIVILEGES ]	Grants all privileges, except OWNERSHIP, on an Iceberg table.

Note

Operating on an Iceberg table also requires the USAGE privilege on the parent database and schema.
The following privileges have no effect when granted on an Iceberg table that uses an external catalog: INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE. Iceberg tables that use an external catalog are read-only.

View privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
SELECT	Enables executing a SELECT statement on a view and classifying a view. . . This privilege is sufficient to query a view; the SELECT privilege on the objects from which the view is created is not required.
REFERENCES	Enables viewing the structure of a view (but not the data) via the DESCRIBE or SHOW command or by querying the Information Schema.
OWNERSHIP	Grants full control over the view. Required to alter a view. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific object at a time. Note that in a managed access schema, only the schema owner (i.e. the role with the OWNERSHIP privilege on the schema) or a role with the MANAGE GRANTS privilege can grant or revoke privileges on objects in the schema, including future grants.
ALL [ PRIVILEGES ]	Grants all privileges, except OWNERSHIP, on a view.

Note

Table DML privileges such as INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE can be granted on views; however, because views are read-only, these privileges have no effect.
Operating on a view also requires the USAGE privilege on the parent database and schema.
A role must be granted or inherit the OWNERSHIP privilege on the object to create a temporary object that has the same name as the object that already exists in the schema.

Materialized view privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
SELECT	Enables executing a SELECT statement on a view and classifying a materialized view. . . Note that this privilege is sufficient to query a view. The SELECT privilege on the underlying objects for a view is not required.
REFERENCES	Enables viewing the structure of a view (but not the data) via the DESCRIBE or SHOW command or by querying the Information Schema.
APPLYBUDGET	Enables adding or removing a materialized view from a budget.
OWNERSHIP	Grants full control over the view. Required to alter a view. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific object at a time. Note that in a managed access schema, only the schema owner (i.e. the role with the OWNERSHIP privilege on the schema) or a role with the MANAGE GRANTS privilege can grant or revoke privileges on objects in the schema, including future grants.
ALL [ PRIVILEGES ]	Grants all privileges, except OWNERSHIP, on a view.

Note

Table DML privileges such as INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE can be granted on views; however, because views are read-only, these privileges have no effect.
Operating on a view also requires the USAGE privilege on the parent database and schema.
A role must be granted or inherit the OWNERSHIP privilege on the object to create a temporary object that has the same name as the object that already exists in the schema.

Notebook privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
OWNERSHIP	Grants full control over the notebook. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific object at a time. Note that in a managed access schema, only the schema owner (i.e. the role with the OWNERSHIP privilege on the schema) or a role with the MANAGE GRANTS privilege can grant or revoke privileges on objects in the schema, including future grants.

Stage privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
USAGE	Enables using an external stage object in a SQL statement and includes the READ and WRITE privileges; not applicable to internal stages.
READ	Enables performing any operations that require reading from a stage (for example, file staging commands and COPY INTO <table>).
WRITE	Enables performing any operations that require writing to a stage (for example, file staging commands and COPY INTO <location>).
OWNERSHIP	Grants full control over the stage. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific object at a time. Note that in a managed access schema, only the schema owner (i.e. the role with the OWNERSHIP privilege on the schema) or a role with the MANAGE GRANTS privilege can grant or revoke privileges on objects in the schema, including future grants.
ALL [ PRIVILEGES ]	Grants all applicable privileges, except OWNERSHIP, on the stage (internal or external).

Note

When granting both the READ and WRITE privileges for an internal stage, the READ privilege must be granted before or at the same time as the WRITE privilege.
When revoking both the READ and WRITE privileges for an internal stage, the WRITE privilege must be revoked before or at the same time as the READ privilege.
Operating on a stage also requires the USAGE privilege on the parent database and schema.
A role must be granted or inherit the OWNERSHIP privilege on the object to create a temporary object that has the same name as the object that already exists in the schema.

Directory table privileges¶

The following table summarizes the stage privileges that you need to execute common SQL commands when you work with a directory table on a stage.

Operation	Object Type	Privilege Required
Retrieve file URLs from a directory table using a SELECT FROM DIRECTORY statement.	Stage	One of the following, depending on the type of stage: Internal stage: An account role or database role with the READ privilege on the stage. External stage: An account role or database role with either the READ or USAGE privilege on the stage.
Upload data using the PUT command.	Stage (internal only)	An account role or database role with the WRITE privilege on the stage.
Remove files using the REMOVE command.	Stage	One of the following, depending on the type of stage: Internal stage: An account role or database role with the WRITE privilege on the stage. External stage: An account role or database role with either the WRITE or USAGE privilege on the stage.
Refresh the metadata using the ALTER STAGE command.	Stage	One of the following, depending on the type of stage: Internal stage: An account role or database role with the WRITE privilege on the stage. External stage: An account role or database role with either the WRITE or USAGE privilege on the stage.

Git repository privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
READ	Enables performing any operations that require reading from a Git repository stage.
WRITE	Enables performing operations that require writing to a Git repository stage, such as changing the object’s properties or performing a FETCH from the remote repository.
OWNERSHIP	Grants full control over the Git repository stage. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific object at a time. Note that in a managed access schema, only the schema owner (i.e. the role with the OWNERSHIP privilege on the schema) or a role with the MANAGE GRANTS privilege can grant or revoke privileges on objects in the schema, including future grants.
ALL [ PRIVILEGES ]	Grants all applicable privileges, except OWNERSHIP, on the Git repository stage.

File format privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
USAGE	Enables using a file format in a SQL statement.
OWNERSHIP	Grants full control over the file format. Required to alter a file format. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific object at a time. Note that in a managed access schema, only the schema owner (i.e. the role with the OWNERSHIP privilege on the schema) or a role with the MANAGE GRANTS privilege can grant or revoke privileges on objects in the schema, including future grants.
ALL [ PRIVILEGES ]	Grants all privileges, except OWNERSHIP, on the file format.

Note

Operating on file formats also requires the USAGE privilege on the parent database and schema.
A role must be granted or inherit the OWNERSHIP privilege on the object to create a temporary object that has the same name as the object that already exists in the schema.

Pipe privileges¶

Pipe objects are created and managed to load data using Snowpipe.

Privilege	Usage
APPLYBUDGET	Enables adding or removing a pipe from a budget.
MONITOR	Enables viewing details for the pipe (using DESCRIBE PIPE or SHOW PIPES).
OPERATE	Enables viewing details for the pipe (using DESCRIBE PIPE or SHOW PIPES), pausing or resuming the pipe, and refreshing the pipe.
OWNERSHIP	Grants full control over the pipe. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific object at a time. Note that in a managed access schema, only the schema owner (i.e. the role with the OWNERSHIP privilege on the schema) or a role with the MANAGE GRANTS privilege can grant or revoke privileges on objects in the schema, including future grants.
ALL [ PRIVILEGES ]	Grants all privileges, except OWNERSHIP, on the pipe.

Note

Operating on pipes also requires the USAGE privilege on the parent database and schema.

Database role privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
OWNERSHIP	Grants full control over a database role. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific object at a time. Note that the owner role does not inherit any permissions granted to the owned database role. To inherit permissions from a database role, that database role must be granted to another role, creating a parent-child relationship in a role hierarchy.

Stream privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
SELECT	Enables executing a SELECT statement on a stream.
OWNERSHIP	Grants full control over the stream. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific object at a time. Note that in a managed access schema, only the schema owner (i.e. the role with the OWNERSHIP privilege on the schema) or a role with the MANAGE GRANTS privilege can grant or revoke privileges on objects in the schema, including future grants.
ALL [ PRIVILEGES ]	Grants all privileges, except OWNERSHIP, on the stream.

Task privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
APPLYBUDGET	Enables adding or removing a task from a budget.
MONITOR	Enables viewing details for the task (using DESCRIBE TASK or SHOW TASKS).
OPERATE	Enables viewing details for the task (using DESCRIBE TASK or SHOW TASKS) and resuming or suspending the task.
OWNERSHIP	Grants full control over the task. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific object at a time. Note that in a managed access schema, only the schema owner (i.e. the role with the OWNERSHIP privilege on the schema) or a role with the MANAGE GRANTS privilege can grant or revoke privileges on objects in the schema, including future grants.
ALL [ PRIVILEGES ]	Grants all privileges, except OWNERSHIP, on the task.

Secret privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
READ	Enables a UDF or stored procedure that uses a secret to access the credentials the are stored in the secret. For details, see Creating a secret to represent credentials.
USAGE	Enables using a secret.
OWNERSHIP	Transfers ownership of a secret, which grants full control over the secret. Required to alter most properties of a secret or drop a secret from the system.

Aggregation policy privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
APPLY	Enables executing the unset and set operations for an aggregation policy on a table or view. Note that granting the global APPLY AGGREGATION POLICY privilege (i.e. APPLY AGGREGATION POLICY on ACCOUNT) enables executing the DESCRIBE operation on tables and views.
OWNERSHIP	Grants full control over the aggregation policy. Required to alter most properties of an aggregation policy. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific object at a time. Note that in a managed access schema, only the schema owner (i.e. the role with the OWNERSHIP privilege on the schema) or a role with the MANAGE GRANTS privilege can grant or revoke privileges on objects in the schema, including future grants.

Privilege

Usage

APPLY

Enables executing the unset and set operations for an aggregation policy on a table or view.

Note that granting the global APPLY AGGREGATION POLICY privilege (i.e. APPLY AGGREGATION POLICY on ACCOUNT) enables executing the DESCRIBE operation on tables and views.

OWNERSHIP

Grants full control over the aggregation policy. Required to alter most properties of an aggregation policy. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific object at a time. Note that in a managed access schema, only the schema owner (i.e. the role with the OWNERSHIP privilege on the schema) or a role with the MANAGE GRANTS privilege can grant or revoke privileges on objects in the schema, including future grants.

Note

Operating on an aggregation policy also requires the USAGE privilege on the parent database and schema.

Masking policy privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
APPLY	Enables executing the unset and set operations for a masking policy on a column. Note that granting the global APPLY MASKING POLICY privilege (i.e. APPLY MASKING POLICY on ACCOUNT) enables executing the DESCRIBE operation on tables and views. For syntax examples, see Masking policy privileges.
OWNERSHIP	Grants full control over the masking policy. Required to alter most properties of a masking policy. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific object at a time. Note that in a managed access schema, only the schema owner (i.e. the role with the OWNERSHIP privilege on the schema) or a role with the MANAGE GRANTS privilege can grant or revoke privileges on objects in the schema, including future grants.

Privilege

Usage

APPLY

Enables executing the unset and set operations for a masking policy on a column.

Note that granting the global APPLY MASKING POLICY privilege (i.e. APPLY MASKING POLICY on ACCOUNT) enables executing the DESCRIBE operation on tables and views.

For syntax examples, see Masking policy privileges.

OWNERSHIP

Grants full control over the masking policy. Required to alter most properties of a masking policy. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific object at a time. Note that in a managed access schema, only the schema owner (i.e. the role with the OWNERSHIP privilege on the schema) or a role with the MANAGE GRANTS privilege can grant or revoke privileges on objects in the schema, including future grants.

Note

Operating on a masking policy also requires the USAGE privilege on the parent database and schema.

Privacy policy privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
APPLY	Enables executing the unset and set operations for a privacy policy on a table or view. Note that granting the global APPLY PRIVACY POLICY privilege (that is, APPLY PRIVACY POLICY on ACCOUNT) enables executing the DESCRIBE operation on tables and views.
OWNERSHIP	Grants full control over the privacy policy. Required to alter most properties of a privacy policy. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific object at a time. Note that in a managed access schema, only the schema owner (i.e. the role with the OWNERSHIP privilege on the schema) or a role with the MANAGE GRANTS privilege can grant or revoke privileges on objects in the schema, including future grants.

Privilege

Usage

APPLY

Enables executing the unset and set operations for a privacy policy on a table or view.

Note that granting the global APPLY PRIVACY POLICY privilege (that is, APPLY PRIVACY POLICY on ACCOUNT) enables executing the DESCRIBE operation on tables and views.

OWNERSHIP

Grants full control over the privacy policy. Required to alter most properties of a privacy policy. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific object at a time. Note that in a managed access schema, only the schema owner (i.e. the role with the OWNERSHIP privilege on the schema) or a role with the MANAGE GRANTS privilege can grant or revoke privileges on objects in the schema, including future grants.

Note

Operating on a privacy policy also requires the USAGE privilege on the parent database and schema.

Projection policy privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
APPLY	Enables executing the unset and set operations for a projection policy on a column. Note that granting the global APPLY PROJECTION POLICY privilege (i.e. APPLY PROJECTION POLICY on ACCOUNT) enables executing the DESCRIBE operation on tables and views.
OWNERSHIP	Grants full control over the projection policy. Required to alter most properties of a projection policy. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific object at a time. Note that in a managed access schema, only the schema owner (i.e. the role with the OWNERSHIP privilege on the schema) or a role with the MANAGE GRANTS privilege can grant or revoke privileges on objects in the schema, including future grants.

Privilege

Usage

APPLY

Enables executing the unset and set operations for a projection policy on a column.

Note that granting the global APPLY PROJECTION POLICY privilege (i.e. APPLY PROJECTION POLICY on ACCOUNT) enables executing the DESCRIBE operation on tables and views.

OWNERSHIP

Grants full control over the projection policy. Required to alter most properties of a projection policy. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific object at a time. Note that in a managed access schema, only the schema owner (i.e. the role with the OWNERSHIP privilege on the schema) or a role with the MANAGE GRANTS privilege can grant or revoke privileges on objects in the schema, including future grants.

Note

Operating on a projection policy also requires the USAGE privilege on the parent database and schema.

Row access policy privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
APPLY	Enables executing the add and drop operations for the row access policy on a table or view. Note that granting the global APPLY ROW ACCESS POLICY privilege (i.e. APPLY ROW ACCESS POLICY on ACCOUNT) enables executing the DESCRIBE operation on tables and views. For syntax examples, see Summary of DDL commands, operations, and privileges.
OWNERSHIP	Grants full control over the row access policy. Required to alter most properties of a row access policy. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific object at a time. Note that in a managed access schema, only the schema owner (i.e. the role with the OWNERSHIP privilege on the schema) or a role with the MANAGE GRANTS privilege can grant or revoke privileges on objects in the schema, including future grants.

Privilege

Usage

APPLY

Enables executing the add and drop operations for the row access policy on a table or view.

Note that granting the global APPLY ROW ACCESS POLICY privilege (i.e. APPLY ROW ACCESS POLICY on ACCOUNT) enables executing the DESCRIBE operation on tables and views.

For syntax examples, see Summary of DDL commands, operations, and privileges.

OWNERSHIP

Grants full control over the row access policy. Required to alter most properties of a row access policy. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific object at a time. Note that in a managed access schema, only the schema owner (i.e. the role with the OWNERSHIP privilege on the schema) or a role with the MANAGE GRANTS privilege can grant or revoke privileges on objects in the schema, including future grants.

Note

Operating on a row access policy also requires the USAGE privilege on the parent database and schema.

Tag privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
APPLY	Enables executing the add and drop operations for the tag on a Snowflake object.
READ	Enables a data sharing consumer to view shared tag assignments using a SHOW TAGS command. The data sharing provider grants this privilege to a database role or directly to the share.
OWNERSHIP	Grants full control over the tag. Required to alter most properties of a tag. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific object at a time. Note that in a managed access schema, only the schema owner (i.e. the role with the OWNERSHIP privilege on the schema) or a role with the MANAGE GRANTS privilege can grant or revoke privileges on objects in the schema, including future grants.

Note

Tags are stored at the schema level.

Operating on a tag requires the USAGE privilege on the parent database and schema.

Sequence privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
USAGE	Enables using a sequence in a SQL statement.
ALL [ PRIVILEGES ]	Grants all privileges, except OWNERSHIP, on the sequence.
OWNERSHIP	Grants full control over the sequence; required to alter the sequence. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific object at a time. Note that in a managed access schema, only the schema owner (i.e. the role with the OWNERSHIP privilege on the schema) or a role with the MANAGE GRANTS privilege can grant or revoke privileges on objects in the schema, including future grants.

Note

Operating on a sequence also requires the USAGE privilege on the parent database and schema.

Stored procedure privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
USAGE	Enables calling a stored procedure.
ALL [ PRIVILEGES ]	Grants all privileges, except OWNERSHIP, on the stored procedure.
OWNERSHIP	Grants full control over the stored procedure; required to alter the stored procedure. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific object at a time. Note that in a managed access schema, only the schema owner (i.e. the role with the OWNERSHIP privilege on the schema) or a role with the MANAGE GRANTS privilege can grant or revoke privileges on objects in the schema, including future grants.

Note

Operating on a stored procedure also requires the USAGE privilege on the parent database and schema.
If a stored procedure runs with caller’s rights, the user who calls the stored procedure must have privileges on the database objects (e.g. tables) accessed by the stored procedure. For details, see Understanding caller’s rights and owner’s rights stored procedures.

User-defined function (UDF) and external function privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
USAGE	Enables calling a UDF or external function.
ALL [ PRIVILEGES ]	Grants all privileges, except OWNERSHIP, on the UDF or external function.
OWNERSHIP	Grants full control over the UDF or external function; required to alter the UDF or external function. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific object at a time. Note that in a managed access schema, only the schema owner (i.e. the role with the OWNERSHIP privilege on the schema) or a role with the MANAGE GRANTS privilege can grant or revoke privileges on objects in the schema, including future grants.

Note

Operating on a UDF or external function also requires the USAGE privilege on the parent database and schema.
The owner of a UDF must have privileges on the objects accessed by the function; the user who calls a UDF does not need those privileges. For details, see Security/privilege requirements for SQL UDFs.
The owner of an external function must have the USAGE privilege on the API integration object associated with the external function. For details, see Access control in the documentation on external functions.

Data metric function (DMF) privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
USAGE	Enables calling the DMF.
OWNERSHIP	Transfers ownership of the data metric function, which grants full control over the data metric function. Required to alter most properties of the data metric function.
ALL [ PRIVILEGES ]	Grants all privileges, except OWNERSHIP, on the DMF.

Alert privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
MONITOR	Enables viewing details for the alert (using DESCRIBE ALERT or SHOW ALERTS).
OPERATE	Enables viewing details for the alert (using DESCRIBE ALERT or SHOW ALERTS) and resuming or suspending the alert (using ALTER ALERT).
OWNERSHIP	Grants full control over the alert. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific object at a time. Note that in a managed access schema, only the schema owner (i.e. the role with the OWNERSHIP privilege on the schema) or a role with the MANAGE GRANTS privilege can grant or revoke privileges on objects in the schema, including future grants.
ALL [ PRIVILEGES ]	Grants all privileges, except OWNERSHIP, on the alert.

Compute Pool Privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
OPERATE	Enables suspending or resuming a compute pool.
MODIFY	Enables altering compute pool and setting properties.
USAGE	Enables running a service or a job. It enables communicating with the service (create a service function, use public endpoints, and connect from another service).
MONITOR	Enables viewing compute pool usage (number of services and jobs running), properties, and listing compute pool in the account for which the role has access privileges.
OWNERSHIP	Grants full control over the compute pool. Only a single role can hold this privilege on a specific compute pool object at a time.

Image Repository Privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
OWNERSHIP	Enables full control over the image repository. The role with this privilege can also delete an image repository.
READ	Enable listing and downloading images from an image repository.
WRITE	Enables listing and downloading images from a repository. Also enables pushing images in the repository.

Service Privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
OPERATE	Enable suspending or resuming a service, upgrading service, and modifying service properties.
OWNERSHIP	Enables full control over the service. The role with this privilege can also remove a service from a schema.
MONITOR	Enable monitoring a service and getting runtime status.

Cortex Search Service Privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
OWNERSHIP	Enables full control over the Cortex Search service. The role with this privilege can also remove a service from a schema.
OPERATE	Enables inspecting, suspending or resuming a Cortex Search service and modifying service properties.
USAGE	Enables invoking the service.
ALL [ PRIVILEGES ]	Grants all privileges, except OWNERSHIP, on the service.

Snapshot privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
OWNERSHIP	Enables full control over the snapshot. The role with this privilege can also remove a snapshot from a schema.
USAGE	Enables listing and describing snapshots.

Streamlit Privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
USAGE	Enables viewing and running a Streamlit app.

Model Privileges¶

Privilege	Usage
OWNERSHIP	Enables full control over the model. Only one role at a time can hold this privilege on a given model.
USAGE	Enables displaying information about a model and invoking its methods. It does not allow users to see model weights or the artifacts that define the model.

Access control privileges¶

All privileges (alphabetical)¶

Global privileges (account-level privileges)¶

User privileges¶

Role privileges¶

Resource monitor privileges¶

Virtual warehouse privileges¶

Connection privileges¶

External volume privileges¶

Failover group privileges¶

Replication group privileges¶

Integration privileges¶

Authentication Policy Privileges¶

Network Rule Privileges¶

Network policy privileges¶

Packages policy privileges¶

Password policy privileges¶

Session policy privileges¶

Data exchange privileges¶

Listing privileges¶

Share privileges¶

Database privileges¶

Schema privileges¶

Table privileges¶

Dynamic table privileges¶

Event table privileges¶

External table privileges¶

Hybrid table privileges¶

Iceberg table privileges¶

View privileges¶

Materialized view privileges¶

Notebook privileges¶

Stage privileges¶

Directory table privileges¶

Git repository privileges¶

File format privileges¶

Pipe privileges¶

Database role privileges¶

Stream privileges¶

Task privileges¶

Secret privileges¶

Aggregation policy privileges¶

Masking policy privileges¶

Privacy policy privileges¶

Projection policy privileges¶

Row access policy privileges¶

Tag privileges¶

Sequence privileges¶

Stored procedure privileges¶

User-defined function (UDF) and external function privileges¶

Data metric function (DMF) privileges¶

Alert privileges¶

Compute Pool Privileges¶

Image Repository Privileges¶

Service Privileges¶

Cortex Search Service Privileges¶

Snapshot privileges¶

Streamlit Privileges¶

Model Privileges¶