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title: "Controlling Access to Query using Realms"
slug: "controlling-access-to-query-using-realms"
updated: 2026-02-26T22:32:47Z
published: 2026-02-26T22:32:47Z
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# Controlling Access to Query using Realms

Standard user permissions provide access to designated system functions. However, Slate also supports more granular control by restricting functional access to specific groups of objects defined within a Realm.

📖 [Realms](/v1/docs/realms)

## Adding a query to a realm

1. Click **Queries / Reports** in the Slate navigation bar and select **Queries**. The **Queries** summary page appears.
2. Click **New Query.**
3. [Configure the query](/v1/docs/query-elements) as you would any other, including the following settings:
  - **Realm**: Select the appropriate realm.
  - **Sharing**: This setting is optional. The realm provides the highest level of restriction. Whether **Sharing** is selected or not, only users in that realm can access the query.

> [!WARNING]
> 😵‍💫 Don’t see realms as an option?
> 
> If your database doesn’t have any configured realms, they’ll be completely hidden from the user interface. [Create your first realm](/v1/docs/realms#create-realms) to see them in User Permissions and database objects.

## What does the Sharing setting do?

- If `Sharing` is **selected**, users in the realm with the proper query permissions can access and edit the query.
- If `Sharing` is **cleared**, only users in the realm with the Query (Edit All Users)" permission can access and edit the query.

It's important to think of sharing permissions separately:

- Access to the **query** (*Query*vs. *Query Edit All Users*permissions)
- Access to the **realm**

The `Shared` checkbox, in conjunction with applicable sharing permissions, grants users at the designated access level the ability to access the query, provided they are also assigned to the corresponding Realm.