Patent attributes
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an enhanced method of discovering shared objects that utilizes share authorization in addition to role authorization when a role is attempting to discover shared objects. A consumer account may invoke an operation referencing shared objects within a provider account using an imported database as a current session database. In response, a call context of the operation may be updated to save the imported database as a current session database and the imported database may be mapped to a first share and to a shared database. A first authorization based on whether the role has access privileges to the shared objects may be performed. The shared database may be used to identify schemas and the schemas may be used to identify shares associated with the imported database. A secondary authorization may be performed based on permissions that the shares associated with the imported database have on the shared objects.
