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URL: http://<db.host>:<db.port>/grant/permission/datasource
Grants a data source permission to a user or role.

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Input Parameter Description

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name
string
Name of the user or role to which the permission will be granted. Must be an existing user or role.
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permission
string
Permission to grant to the user or role.
  • admin: Admin access on the given data source.
  • connect: Connect access on the given data source.
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datasource_name
string
Name of the data source on which the permission will be granted. Must be an existing data source, or an empty string to grant permission on all data sources.
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options
map of string to strings
Optional parameters.The default value is an empty map ( {} ).

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Output Parameter Description

The Kinetica server embeds the endpoint response inside a standard response structure which contains status information and the actual response to the query. Here is a description of the various fields of the wrapper:
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status
String
‘OK’ or ‘ERROR’
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message
String
Empty if success or an error message
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data_type
String
‘grant_permission_datasource_response’ or ‘none’ in case of an error
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data
String
Empty string
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data_str
JSON or String
This embedded JSON represents the result of the /grant/permission/datasource endpoint:Empty string in case of an error.