Updated on 2025-07-31 GMT+08:00

Querying LakeFormation Authorization

This section describes how to query an authorized permission.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the LakeFormation console.
  2. Select the target LakeFormation instance from the drop-down list box on the left and choose Data Permissions > Data Authorization.

    You can select the target permission information using OBS Authorization Path, Authorization Entity, Entity Type, and Entity Source above the list as filters.

    OBS Authorization Path is available to only the permission policies whose authorization objects are OBS paths.

  3. View the data authorization information in the displayed list.

    The following table lists the information items:

    Table 1 Authorization information

    Item

    Description

    Policy Type

    The values include:

    • DEFAULT: default permission policy.
    • ROW_FILTER: row filtering permission policy, including row filtering criteria.

    Authorization Entity

    Name of the authorized entity.

    Entity Type

    Type of the authorized entity.

    • GROUP: user group.
    • ROLE: role
    • USER: user

    Entity Source

    Source of the authorized entity.

    • IAM: IAM (user or user group)
    • LOCAL: LakeFormation
    • AGENTTENANT: IAM agency

    Authorization Object

    Name or path of the authorized resource.

    If the authorization type is set to Resources, the format is Catalog.[Database].[Table].

    Resource Type

    The values include:

    • CATALOG: catalog
    • DATABASE: database
    • TABLE: table
    • COLUMN: column
    • FUNC: function
    • URI: path

    Permission

    Name of the authorized permission. For details about the permission description, see Table 2.

    Authorized Permission

    Authorized permission.

Reference

For details about how to authorize resources or paths, see Configuring LakeFormation Metadata Permissions.