# Approved Organizations

Sharing your organization’s data with other organizations can be useful when you want to use the same data without duplicating it.

If other organizations are also using **JMap Cloud**, you can identify them in **JMap Cloud Portal** and make them available for resource sharing.

This tab allows you to add organizations to your organization’s JMap Cloud environment.

#### Steps

1. Click **Add Organization** to open the configuration window.
2. Enter the organization’s **ID**. An administrator from that organization must provide this information.

Once the identifier is validated and the organization approved, its name appears in the tab.

Editors in your organization can then **share their data sources** with approved organizations. Sharing is configured in the [Permissions](https://docs.jmapcloud.io/en/jmap-cloud-portal/user-guide-for-jmap-cloud-portal/connecting-data-data-sources/managing-data-sources/permissions) section of the data source.

Data sources shared by approved organizations appear in the **Data Sources** section.

If an organization is removed from the list of approved organizations:

* All permissions granted to data sources are removed.
* Data sources shared by that organization are also removed.