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title = "Data source permissions"
description = "Grafana Datasource Permissions Guide "
keywords = ["grafana", "configuration", "documentation", "datasource", "permissions", "users", "teams", "enterprise"]
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# Data source permissions

Data source permissions allow you to restrict access for users to query a data source. For each data source there is a permission page that allows you to enable permissions and restrict query permissions to specific **Users** and **Teams**.

> Only available in Grafana Enterprise.

## Enable data source permissions

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By default, data sources in an organization can be queried by any user in that organization. For example, a user with the `Viewer` role can issue any possible query to a data source, not just
queries that exist on dashboards they have access to.

When permissions are enabled for a data source in an organization, you restrict admin and query access for that data source to [admin users]({{< relref "../permissions/organization_roles/#admin-role" >}}) in that organization.

**Enable permissions for a data source:**

1. Navigate to **Configuration > Data Sources**.
1. Select the data source you want to enable permissions for.
1. On the Permissions tab, click **Enable**.

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> **Caution:** Enabling permissions for the default data source makes users not listed in the permissions unable to invoke queries. Panels using default data source will return `Access denied to data source` error for those users.

## Allow users and teams to query a data source

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After you have enabled permissions for a data source you can assign query permissions to users and teams which will allow access to query the data source.

**Assign query permission to users and teams:**

1. Navigate to **Configuration > Data Sources**.
1. Select the data source you want to assign query permissions for.
1. On the Permissions tab, click **Add Permission**.
1. Select **Team** or **User**.
1. Select the entity you want to allow query access and then click **Save**.

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## Disable data source permissions

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If you have enabled permissions for a data source and want to return data source permissions to the default, then you can disable permissions with a click of a button.

Note that *all* existing permissions created for the data source will be deleted.

**Disable permissions for a data source:**

1. Navigate to **Configuration > Data Sources**.
1. Select the data source you want to disable permissions for.
1. On the Permissions tab, click **Disable Permissions**.

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