If you use the security model of MaxCompute to control permissions, project members can perform authorized operations on interfaces of DataWorks. However, if you use DataWorks to assign roles to users, project members may have limited permissions on MaxCompute resources. This topic describes permission relationships between MaxCompute and DataWorks.
Project permission relationships
- Simple mode: In this mode, a DataWorks workspace is associated with a MaxCompute project. A number of roles are created in the MaxCompute project. For more information about the role permissions, see Role management.
- Standard mode: In this mode, a DataWorks workspace is associated with a MaxCompute development project and a MaxCompute production project. A number of roles are created in each MaxCompute project. For more information about the role permissions, see Role management.
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Member roles and permissions
MaxCompute role | MaxCompute permission | DataWorks role | DataWorks permission |
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Project Owner | This role has all permissions on a project created in MaxCompute. | N/A | N/A |
Super_Administrator | This role has permissions on all types of resources in a project and management permissions on the project. | N/A | N/A |
Admin |
When you create a project, the system automatically creates an Admin role for this project and grants the following permissions to the role: access all objects in the project, manage users or roles, and authorize users or roles. Unlike a project owner, an Admin role is not authorized to perform the following operations: assign the role permissions to users, set security policies for projects, modify the authentication model for projects, and modify the role permissions. The project owner can assign an Admin role to a user and authorize this user for security management. |
N/A | N/A |
Role_Project_Admin | This role has all permissions on projects, tables, functions, resources, instances, jobs, and packages of a workspace. | Project administrator | The administrator of a project. This role has permissions to manage the basic properties, data sources, computing engine configurations, and project members in the project. It can also assign administrator, developer, OAM, deployment, and visitor roles to other project members. |
Role_Project_Dev | This role has all permissions on projects, functions, resources, instances, jobs, packages, and tables of a workspace. | Developer | This role has the permissions to create or delete tables, create workflows, script files, resources, user-defined functions (UDFs), and publish packages. However, this role does not have permissions to publish jobs. |
Role_Project_Pe | This role has all permissions on projects, functions, resources, instances, and jobs of a workspace. It also has READ permissions on packages and both READ and DESCRIBE permissions on tables of a workspace. | OAM role | This role has the publish and online OAM permissions that are granted by the project administrator. However, this role does not have the permissions to develop data. |
Role_Project_Deploy | By default, this role does not have any permissions. | Deployment role | This role has the same permissions as the OAM role, except for the online OAM permissions. |
Role_Project_Guest | By default, this role does not have any permissions. | Visitor | This role can view data, but cannot edit workflows or code. |
Role_Project_Security | By default, this role does not have any permissions. | Security administrator | This role is only used to configure sensitivity rules and audit data risks in Data Security Guard. |
Users and permissions

In standard mode, a DataWorks workspace is associated with a MaxCompute development project and a MaxCompute production project. Members of a DataWorks workspace can be granted the roles assigned to this MaxCompute development project. However, they cannot be granted the roles assigned to this MaxCompute production project.
