Configure user access to job information in Azure Data Lake Analytics

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For data analytics, your organization can use Azure Synapse Analytics or Microsoft Fabric.

In Azure Data Lake Analytics, you can use multiple user accounts or service principals to run jobs.

In order for those same users to see the detailed job information, the users need to be able to read the contents of the job folders. The job folders are located in /system/ directory.

If the necessary permissions aren't configured, the user could see an error: Graph data not available - You don't have permissions to access the graph data.

Configure user access to job information

You can use the Add User Wizard to configure the ACLs on the folders. For more information, see Add a new user.

If you need more granular control, or need to script the permissions, then secure the folders as follows:

1. Grant execute permissions (via an access ACL) on the root folder:

   • /

2. Grant execute and read permissions (via an access ACL and a default ACL) on the folders that contain the job folders. For example, for a specific job that ran on May 25, 2018, these folders need to be accessed:

   • /system
   • /system/jobservice
   • /system/jobservice/jobs
   • /system/jobservice/jobs/Usql
   • /system/jobservice/jobs/Usql/2018
   • /system/jobservice/jobs/Usql/2018/05
   • /system/jobservice/jobs/Usql/2018/05/25
   • /system/jobservice/jobs/Usql/2018/05/25/11
   • /system/jobservice/jobs/Usql/2018/05/25/11/01
   • /system/jobservice/jobs/Usql/2018/05/25/11/01/b074bd7a-1448-d879-9d75-f562b101bd3d

Next steps

• Add a new user