# Inbound shares

Currently inbound shares are not managed by SnowDDL and should be created manually by `ACCOUNTADMIN`. Setting up inbound shares normally requires some additional steps performed outside of Snowflake. Also, only one `DATABASE` can be created for each inbound share, which limits [env prefix](/guides/other-guides/env-prefix.md) functionality.

Creation of inbound shares and databases are explained in [Snowflake documentation](https://docs.snowflake.com/en/user-guide/data-share-consumers).

1. Configure outbound share to target your account. Make sure it is available using `SHOW SHARES` command.
2. Run `CREATE DATABASE <db_name> FROM SHARE <share_name>`.

Once the initial configuration is done, you may grant access to objects in share to [business roles](/basic/yaml-configs/business-role.md) using `share_read` parameter:

* Use share name to grant access to all objects using IMPORTED PRIVILEGES;
* Use database role name in share to grant access to this database role only;

For example:

```yaml
share_read:
  - snowflake                 # this grants access to an entire SNOWFLAKE share
  - snowflake.object_viewer   # this grants access to OBJECT_VIEWER database role only
```


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