# sdm admin roles grant

```shell
NAME:
   sdm admin roles grant - grant one or more roles access to a datasource by name, or to a group of datasources by filter

USAGE:
   sdm admin roles grant [command options] [datasource-name] <role-name-1> [role-name-2 role-name-n...]

OPTIONS:
   --template, -t          display a JSON template
   --file value, -f value  load grants from JSON file
   --stdin, -i             load from stdin
   --filter value          filter e.g. 'field:name tag:key=value ...'
   --filters-help          show valid filter strings and examples
   --filter-json value     path to JSON based filter
   --timeout value         set time limit for command
```

For more information on the use of filters in the CLI, see the [Filters](/references/cli/filters.md) documentation.


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