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# GRANT Role

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See [Users](/content/security/sec_concepts#security-concepts-users) for details about user accounts within
*Kinetica*.

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[Roles](/content/security/sec_concepts#security-concepts-roles) can be granted directly to
[users](/content/security/sec_concepts#security-concepts-users) or other roles.

```sql title="GRANT Role Syntax" theme={null}
GRANT <role name> TO <user name | role name>
```

## Examples

To grant a role allowing access to analyst tables to the
**analyst** role, and then grant that **analyst** role to user **jsmith**:

```sql GRANT ROLE to Role Example theme={null}
GRANT analyst_table_access TO analyst
```

```sql GRANT ROLE to User Example theme={null}
GRANT analyst TO jsmith
```


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