# SG query of Permissions **URL:** \ **Category:** Pipeline Integrations\ **Created:** [February 16, 2023, 1:30am UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/sg-query-of-permissions/16844 "2023-02-16T01:30:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MH-VC](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/shotgunsoftware/user_avatar/community.shotgridsoftware.com/mh-vc/32/5157_2.png) [@MH-VC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/MH-VC)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 1:30am UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/sg-query-of-permissions/16844/1 "2023-02-16T01:30:26Z")
Is there any way to query the value of these settings? For any Entity type in SG there is a “Permissions” tab that allows you to control who can see/create/delete/edit fields for the entity. Is this something we can use the Python API to query? ![Screenshot](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/shotgunsoftware/original/2X/f/f12682dd998165fb97149ded4a3b1fe2c995248b.png) ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Pedersen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/shotgunsoftware/user_avatar/community.shotgridsoftware.com/justin_pedersen/32/5563_2.png) [@Justin\_Pedersen](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/Justin_Pedersen)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 8:31am UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/sg-query-of-permissions/16844/2 "2023-02-16T08:31:11Z")
I really hoped that `shotgun.schema_field_read` or `shotgun.schema_read()` would provide some information on this but it doesn’t appear so. The mention of permissions in the docs almost seems like SG will assume that you’ll do a try, except and catch an exception if the user doesn’t have the correct level. [https://developer.shotgridsoftware.com/python-api/authentication.html?highlight=permission#permissions](https://developer.shotgridsoftware.com/python-api/authentication.html?highlight=permission#permissions) Bleh 😕 Would love to know if there was a nicer way of handling that.