# What are Access Requests? {% hint style="info" %} If you would like to switch on/off the Access Request feature on your account, please reach out to your Account Manager. {% endhint %} Users may be limited by permissions to see certain assets within the data sources they have access to. In this case, they may request for access to these assets via the Catalog. ### How it works The ability to access an asset for a user depends on whether user was either access to the asset through the groups the user is in, or if they were given access directly. To illustrate this workflow, an example is shown below.

Example of users in your organization with different access permissions.

When Leah views the Catalog, she may not have access to all the tables, and hence will see a view similar to the following:

Example of Catalog when not all assets are available.

Leah is not able to access into the assets and will be required to go through the Request Access workflow. ### Example of Approved Request If Leah requests access and it is approved, this is how the workflow would look like:

### Example of Rejected Request If Leah requests access and it is rejected, this is how the workflow would look like:

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