docs - notes on database browser (#49726) (#49727)

* notes on database browser

* typo

Co-authored-by: Jeff Bruemmer <jeff.bruemmer@gmail.com>

docs/exploration-and-organization/exploration.md

@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ You can search by:
 - **Search the contents of native queries**: search through the SQL/native code in questions.
 - **Search items in trash**: include the depths of oblivion in your search.
 
-## Browse your data
+## Browse your databases
+
+> Whether a group has access to the database browser depends on the group's [Create queries permission](../permissions/data.md#create-queries-permissions).
 
 ![Browse databases](./images/browse-data.png)
 
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ The left sidebar lists your databases, [models](../data-modeling/models.md), and
 
 [Pro](https://www.metabase.com/product/pro) and [Enterprise](https://www.metabase.com/product/enterprise) plans include the ability to filter for [verified models and metrics](#verified-items).
 
-The data browser will list all the databases connected to your Metabase. Hover over a table and click on the **bolt** icon to [X-ray](x-rays.md) the table, or click on the **book** icon to view more info about the table: its fields and their descriptions (if any), what questions are based on that table, and more.
+The database browser will list all the databases connected to your Metabase. Hover over a table and click on the **bolt** icon to [X-ray](x-rays.md) the table, or click on the **book** icon to view more info about the table: its fields and their descriptions (if any), what questions are based on that table, and more.
 
 To learn more, see [Exploring data with Metabase's data browser](https://www.metabase.com/learn/basics/questions/data-browser.html).
 

docs/permissions/data.md

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ You can set the following types of permissions on a database, schema, or table:
 
 {% include plans-blockquote.html feature="View data permissions" %}
 
-The **View data** permission determines what data people can see.
+The **View data** permission determines what data people can see when viewing questions, dashboards, models, and metrics. View data permissions also determine whether a group can view the models and metrics browsers in the sidebar. To [browse databases](../exploration-and-organization/exploration.md#browse-your-databases), a group will also need [Create queries](#create-queries-permissions) permissions for the relevant data.
 
 Permission levels include:
 
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ View data permission settings apply to different levels in your database:
 
 In the free, open-source version of Metabase, the **View data** setting defaults to "Can view". Since the setting's options aren't available in the OSS version, Metabase will only display this **View data** setting in the Pro/Enterprise version.
 
-For which questions, models, and dashboards a group can view, instead see [collection permissions](collections.md).
-
+For _which_ questions, models, and dashboards a group can view, instead see [collection permissions](collections.md).
+_
 ### Can view data permission
 
 {% include plans-blockquote.html feature="Can view data permission" %}
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ If a person in a Blocked group belongs to _another_ group that has its View data
 
 ## Create queries permissions
 
-Specifies whether people can create new questions based on the data source. Creating queries includes the ability to drill-through and filter questions, or anything that involves changing the results.
+Specifies whether a group can create new questions based on the data source. Creating queries includes the ability to drill-through and filter questions, or anything that involves changing the results. This permission also determines whether a group will get access to the [database browser](../exploration-and-organization/exploration.md#browse-your-databases) to explore that data source.
 
 To enable Create queries permissions for a group, that group must be able to view the data source ("Can view" permission.)