Glossary Term

Question

Hi,

I cannot see new term in business glossary. I get the Error "Request failed with status code 403 Request ID: c50be53e-a9b8-4e8c-81dd-851c914b4153 Not authorized to access account" after opening Business Glossary. I have Domain Admin, Collection admin, Data Source admin, Data Curator,

Data readers and Workflows admin roles and I am contributer in azure.

Would you please help me?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Hi Sara,
This issue occurs because Business Glossary access in Microsoft Purview is controlled by Data Map collection permissions, specifically at the Root Collection level.

Azure RBAC roles (such as Contributor or Domain Admin) and collection‑level roles alone do not grant access to Business Glossary APIs. If the user is not explicitly assigned as a Data Curator or Data Reader on the Root Collection, Purview returns a 403 “Not authorized to access account” error.

Microsoft confirms that collections are the security boundary for metadata access, including glossary terms.

Step‑by‑Step Resolution

1. Open the Microsoft Purview Governance Portal https://purview.microsoft.com

Go to Data Map → Collections

Select the Root Collection (the top‑level collection with the same name as the Purview account)

Under Role assignments, explicitly add your user with one of the following roles:

• Data Curator (to create or edit glossary terms), or

Data Reader (to view glossary terms)

Save the changes

Sign out and sign back in to the Purview portal

After these steps, the 403 error is resolved, and the new Business Glossary terms become visible.

Reference Links:
Data governance roles and permissions in Microsoft Purview https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/data-governance-roles-permissions [Access Den...ogin Error]
Access control in the Microsoft Purview governance portal https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/data-gov-classic-permissions [Installing...ror ID 204]
Microsoft Purview domains and collections architecture https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/data-gov-best-practices-domains-collections [Users tab...ermissions]

Hope this helps. If you have any follow-up questions, please let me know. I would be happy to help.

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