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MaxCompute:GRANT LABEL

Last Updated:Mar 25, 2026

Grants a user or role access to data at a sensitivity level higher than their default access level allows.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure that you have:

  • The Project Owner or Admin role in the target MaxCompute project

  • The name of the table or view to grant access to (run show tables; on the MaxCompute client to look it up)

  • The name of the user or role to grant access to (run list users; or list roles; on the MaxCompute client to look it up)

Usage notes

A column-level label grant overrides any table-level label grant for the same user.

Syntax

grant Label <number> on table <table_name> [(<column_list>)] to {USER|ROLE} <name> [with exp <days>];

Parameters

ParameterRequiredDescription
numberYesThe highest sensitivity level to grant. Valid values: 0–9, corresponding to sensitivity-level labels.
table_nameYesThe name of the table or view.
column_listNoThe columns to grant access to. Separate multiple columns with commas (,). If omitted, the grant applies to the entire table.
nameYesThe name of the user or role.
daysNoHow long the permission lasts, in days. Valid values: 0 to 2<sup>63</sup> − 1. Default: 180 days.

Examples

The following examples use the test_project_a project, which contains the sale_detail table with columns shop_name, customer_id, and total_price. Bob@aliyun.com is the project owner. Allen is a RAM user belonging to Bob@aliyun.com and is a member of test_project_a.

Grant table-level label access to a user

Grant Allen access to all data in sale_detail at sensitivity level 3 or below, valid for 4 days.

-- Switch to the project as Bob@aliyun.com
use test_project_a;

-- Grant Allen access to data at sensitivity level 3 or below in sale_detail, valid for 4 days
grant Label 3 on table sale_detail to USER RAM$Bob@aliyun.com:Allen with exp 4;

-- Verify the grant
show label grants on table sale_detail for USER RAM$Bob@aliyun.com:Allen;

The output lists the granted label and expiration for each column:

User Label: 1
+-------------+--------------+--------------------------+
| Column      | GrantedLabel | Expires                  |
+-------------+--------------+--------------------------+
| total_price | 3            | 2021-12-31T19:56:18+0800 |
+-------------+--------------+--------------------------+

Grant column-level label access to a user

Grant Allen access to specific columns (shop_name, customer_id, total_price) at sensitivity level 4 or below, valid for 10 days. Column-level grants override any existing table-level grant for the same user.

-- Grant Allen access to data at sensitivity level 4 or below in specific columns, valid for 10 days
grant Label 4 on table sale_detail(shop_name, customer_id, total_price) to USER RAM$Bob@aliyun.com:Allen with exp 10;

-- Verify the grant
show label grants on table sale_detail for USER RAM$Bob@aliyun.com:Allen;

The output confirms the column-level grants:

User Label: 1
+-------------+--------------+--------------------------+
| Column      | GrantedLabel | Expires                  |
+-------------+--------------+--------------------------+
| customer_id | 4            | 2022-01-06T19:58:00+0800 |
+-------------+--------------+--------------------------+
| shop_name   | 4            | 2022-01-06T19:58:00+0800 |
+-------------+--------------+--------------------------+
| total_price | 4            | 2022-01-06T19:58:00+0800 |
+-------------+--------------+--------------------------+

Grant label access to a role

To apply label access to multiple users at once, grant the label to a role rather than individual users. The following example grants access to data at sensitivity level 3 or below in sale_detail to the data_analyst role, valid for 30 days.

grant Label 3 on table sale_detail to ROLE data_analyst with exp 30;

What's next

  • SET LABEL: Configure sensitivity-level labels on a table or column before granting label access to users or roles.

  • REVOKE: Remove an explicitly granted label from a user or role when access is no longer needed.

  • CLEAR EXPIRED GRANTS: Clean up permissions that have passed their expiration date.