# Grant not executed: Insufficient privileges.

**URL:** <https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/grant-not-executed-insufficient-privileges/9177>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** snowflake\
**Created:** [July 18, 2023, 1:51am UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/grant-not-executed-insufficient-privileges/9177 "2023-07-18T01:51:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![ngsankar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@ngsankar](https://discourse.getdbt.com/u/ngsankar)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 1:51am UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/grant-not-executed-insufficient-privileges/9177/1 "2023-07-18T01:51:39Z")

</div>

I am following the dbt tutorials from here.

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/getdbt/original/2X/2/279fa2474dba8a770f462d852824af2300b215d4.jpeg "Configure Snowflake for dbt Cloud") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbCkwhySV_I)

but I am getting an error while executing the below command on snowflake.  
grant usage on schema snowflake\_sample\_data.tpch\_sf10 to role transformer  
Grant not executed: Insufficient privileges.

I have tried with both ACCOUNTADMIN and SECURITYADMIN. but still, the error is the same. Can someone through light on this?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![mani.10690160](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@mani.10690160](https://discourse.getdbt.com/u/mani.10690160)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 4:24pm UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/grant-not-executed-insufficient-privileges/9177/2 "2024-01-18T16:24:47Z")

</div>

Hi @ngsankar , I am also facing the same issue as you have mentioned. Could you please guide me If you got any solution.