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# Data Source Permissions

> Data source permissions is only available in Grafana Enterprise. Read more about [Grafana Enterprise]({{< relref "../enterprise" >}}).

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

## Restricting Access - Enable Permissions

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By default, permissions are disabled for data sources and a data source in an organization can be queried by any user in
that organization. For example a user with `Viewer` role can still issue any possible query to a data source, not just
those queries that exist on dashboards he/she has access to.

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

**To enable permissions for a data source:**

1. Navigate to Configuration / Data Sources.
2. Select the data source you want to enable permissions for.
3. Select the Permissions tab and click on the `Enable` button.

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## Allow users and teams to query a data source

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After you have [enabled permissions](#restricting-access-enable-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.
2. Select the data source you want to assign query permissions for.
3. Select the Permissions tab.
4. click on the `Add Permission` button.
5. Select Team/User and find the team/user you want to allow query access and click on the `Save` button.

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## Restore Default Access - Disable Permissions

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If you have enabled permissions for a data source and want to return data source permissions to the default, i.e.
data source can be queried by any user in that organization, you can disable permissions with a click of a button.
Note that all existing permissions created for data source will be deleted.

**To disable permissions for a data source:**

1. Navigate to Configuration / Data Sources.
2. Select the data source you want to disable permissions for.
3. Select the Permissions tab and click on the `Disable Permissions` button.

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