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add additional guidance/insight to the dbt mesh faqs about how to cross
project ref models across different accounts within the same warehouse.

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</detailsToggle>

<detailsToggle alt_header="Can dbt Mesh reference models in other accounts within the same data platform?">

You can reference models in other accounts within the same data platform by leveraging the data-sharing capabilities of that platform, as long as the database identifier of the public model is consistent across the producer and consumer.

For example, [Snowflake cross-account data shares](https://docs.snowflake.com/en/user-guide/data-sharing-intro), [Databricks Unity Catalog across workspaces](https://docs.databricks.com/en/data-governance/unity-catalog/index.html), or multiple BigQuery projects.

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## Permissions and access

<detailsToggle alt_header="How do user access permissions work in dbt Mesh? ">

The existence of projects that have at least one public model will be visible to everyone in the organization with [read-only access](/docs/cloud/manage-access/seats-and-users).

Private or protected models require a user to have read-only access on the specific project in order to see its existence.
Private or protected models require a user to have read-only access to the specific project to see its existence.

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<detailsToggle alt_header="Is it possible to request access permissions from other teams within dbt Cloud?">

Not currently! But this is something we may evaluate for the future.
Not currently! But this is something we may evaluate in the future.

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