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Understanding _SYS_REPO user in SAP HANA

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Hi,

I read a SCN note about _SYS_REPO user as follows https://scn.sap.com/thread/3153367.

And It says that any user who is creating information model should GRANT SELECT privilege to _SYS_REPO user on the schema from which tables are selected in underlying information model. And also that _SYS_REPO user should be able to grant the SELECT on the same schema to other user. And that is where doubt comes in my mind.

Giving SELECT access to _SYS_REPO is understandable but why we need to give SELECT access with GRANT OPTION. When a model is activated it will be owned by _SYS_REPO and _SYS_REPO will have access to schema on which this model is built. But when I go as a different SYSTEM admin user into HANA system and try giving select access to schema on which information model is built as descibed above the Grantor is SYSTEM and no _SYS_REPO then why we need to with GRANT OPTIOn for _SYS_REPO user. The only time when privilege grantor is _SYS_REPO is for schema _SYS_BI and SYS_BIC and when giving analytic privilege.

Anyone can help me understand this topic clearly.

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former_member182967
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Hi Nikunj,

The clear explanation has been in the thread you provided.


Giving SELECT access to _SYS_REPO is understandable but why we need to give SELECT access with GRANT OPTION.

If other users need to select this view (obviously this is always the case, otherwise the views would not make sense), then _SYS_REPO needs to have the additional allowance to grant the select further (WITH GRANT OPTION). Please refer to http://saphanatutorial.com/_sys_repo/.

Regards,

Ning