[SIP-137] Can we limit a user to only read certain tables in the database connection? about superset HOT 6 OPEN

Delegating permissions to users who can read specific tables in the database is quite important. I've worked at 3 companies that use superset for data mining, and all have raised the same issue.
I believe this improvement will make Superset a much more powerful data mining tool.

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It might be worth filling out the other parts of the SIP template that are missing here. Otherwise, let me know if you need any help kicking off the [DISCUSS] thread on the Superset dev mailing list to move it forward.

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@rusackas as I read in 5602, I'm missing descriptions of New or Changed Public Interfaces, New dependencies, Migration Plan and Compatibility and Rejected Alternatives. However, I find these descriptions unnecessary. Could you tell me what information we should add to make it clearer?

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CC @dpgaspar @yousoph for comments/consideration.

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Hi there!

If you take a look at the List Roles page, you should be able to set up data permissions for schemas and datasources:

There's some additional information here and here as well - does that address what you're looking to achieve?

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@yousoph I'm aware of that feature, but it is not useful for determining which tables a user can access when querying in SQL Lab

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