14. The system of claim 10 , the database system further configurable to cause: processing a request to grant the first user permission to access a second one of the custom metadata entities; assigning the second custom metadata entity to the one or more permission sets; and storing data indicating the assignment in the association database.
14. The system of claim 10 , the database system further configurable to cause: processing a request to grant the first user permission to access a second one of the custom metadata entities; assigning the second custom metadata entity to the one or more permission sets; and storing data indicating the assignment in the association database. 16. The system of claim 14 , wherein assigning the second custom metadata entity to the one or more permission sets comprises creating or updating an association record stored in the association database.