diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/multi_copy.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/multi_copy.c
index 9bf20556e..5b5464680 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/commands/multi_copy.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/multi_copy.c
@@ -2346,6 +2346,8 @@ CitusCopyDestReceiverStartup(DestReceiver *dest, int operation,
 
 	copyDest->shardStateHash = CreateShardStateHash(TopTransactionContext);
 	copyDest->connectionStateHash = CreateConnectionStateHash(TopTransactionContext);
+
+	RecordRelationAccessIfReferenceTable(tableId, PLACEMENT_ACCESS_DML);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/connection/placement_connection.c b/src/backend/distributed/connection/placement_connection.c
index a9292036d..8e946403b 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/connection/placement_connection.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/connection/placement_connection.c
@@ -366,6 +366,8 @@ AssignPlacementListToConnection(List *placementAccessList, MultiConnection *conn
 		ConnectionPlacementHashEntry *placementEntry = NULL;
 		ConnectionReference *placementConnection = NULL;
 
+		Oid relationId = InvalidOid;
+
 		if (placement->shardId == INVALID_SHARD_ID)
 		{
 			/*
@@ -452,8 +454,9 @@ AssignPlacementListToConnection(List *placementAccessList, MultiConnection *conn
 			placementConnection->hadDML = true;
 		}
 
-		/* record the relation access mapping */
-		AssociatePlacementAccessWithRelation(placement, accessType);
+		/* record the relation access */
+		relationId = RelationIdForShard(placement->shardId);
+		RecordRelationAccessIfReferenceTable(relationId, accessType);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -700,9 +703,6 @@ FindPlacementListConnection(int flags, List *placementAccessList, const char *us
 			Assert(!placementConnection->hadDML);
 			Assert(accessType != PLACEMENT_ACCESS_DDL);
 		}
-
-		/* record the relation access mapping */
-		AssociatePlacementAccessWithRelation(placement, accessType);
 	}
 
 	return chosenConnection;
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/transaction/relation_access_tracking.c b/src/backend/distributed/transaction/relation_access_tracking.c
index f790a4355..88fb500ce 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/transaction/relation_access_tracking.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/transaction/relation_access_tracking.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ static HTAB *RelationAccessHash;
 
 
 /* functions related to access recording */
-static void RecordRelationAccess(Oid relationId, ShardPlacementAccessType accessType);
+static void RecordRelationAccessBase(Oid relationId, ShardPlacementAccessType accessType);
 static void RecordPlacementAccessToCache(Oid relationId,
 										 ShardPlacementAccessType accessType);
 static void RecordRelationParallelSelectAccessForTask(Task *task);
@@ -148,25 +148,32 @@ AllocateRelationAccessHash(void)
 
 
 /*
- * AssociatePlacementAccessWithRelation associates the placement access to the
- * distributed relation that the placement belongs to.
+ * RecordRelationAccessIfReferenceTable marks the relation accessed if it is a
+ * reference relation.
+ *
+ * The function is a wrapper around RecordRelationAccessBase().
  */
 void
-AssociatePlacementAccessWithRelation(ShardPlacement *placement,
-									 ShardPlacementAccessType accessType)
+RecordRelationAccessIfReferenceTable(Oid relationId, ShardPlacementAccessType accessType)
 {
-	Oid relationId = InvalidOid;
-	uint64 shardId = INVALID_SHARD_ID;
-
 	if (!ShouldRecordRelationAccess())
 	{
 		return;
 	}
 
-	shardId = placement->shardId;
-	relationId = RelationIdForShard(shardId);
+	/*
+	 * We keep track of relation accesses for the purposes of foreign keys to
+	 * reference tables. So, other distributed tables are not relevant for now.
+	 * Additionally, partitioned tables with lots of partitions might require
+	 * recursively calling RecordRelationAccessBase(), so becareful about
+	 * removing this check.
+	 */
+	if (PartitionMethod(relationId) != DISTRIBUTE_BY_NONE)
+	{
+		return;
+	}
 
-	RecordRelationAccess(relationId, accessType);
+	RecordRelationAccessBase(relationId, accessType);
 }
 
 
@@ -205,15 +212,15 @@ PlacementAccessTypeToText(ShardPlacementAccessType accessType)
 
 
 /*
- * RecordRelationAccess associates the access to the distributed relation. The
+ * RecordRelationAccessBase associates the access to the distributed relation. The
  * function takes partitioned relations into account as well.
  *
  * We implemented this function to prevent accessing placement metadata during
  * recursive calls of the function itself (e.g., avoid
- * AssociatePlacementAccessWithRelation()).
+ * RecordRelationAccessBase()).
  */
 static void
-RecordRelationAccess(Oid relationId, ShardPlacementAccessType accessType)
+RecordRelationAccessBase(Oid relationId, ShardPlacementAccessType accessType)
 {
 	/* make sure that this is not a conflicting access */
 	CheckConflictingRelationAccesses(relationId, accessType);
@@ -244,7 +251,7 @@ RecordRelationAccess(Oid relationId, ShardPlacementAccessType accessType)
 			}
 
 			/* recursively call the function to cover multi-level partitioned tables */
-			RecordRelationAccess(partitionOid, accessType);
+			RecordRelationAccessBase(partitionOid, accessType);
 		}
 	}
 	else if (PartitionTableNoLock(relationId))
@@ -680,7 +687,7 @@ GetRelationAccessMode(Oid relationId, ShardPlacementAccessType accessType)
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		return RELATION_SEQUENTIAL_ACCESSED;
+		return RELATION_REFERENCE_ACCESSED;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/relation_access_tracking.h b/src/include/distributed/relation_access_tracking.h
index 2327c27f5..49427d15c 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/relation_access_tracking.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/relation_access_tracking.h
@@ -23,13 +23,20 @@ struct ShardPlacement;
 typedef enum RelationAccessMode
 {
 	RELATION_NOT_ACCESSED,
-	RELATION_SEQUENTIAL_ACCESSED,
+
+	/* only valid for reference tables */
+	RELATION_REFERENCE_ACCESSED,
+
+	/*
+	 * Only valid for distributed tables and set
+	 * if table is accessed in parallel mode
+	 */
 	RELATION_PARALLEL_ACCESSED
 } RelationAccessMode;
 
 extern void AllocateRelationAccessHash(void);
 extern void ResetRelationAccessHash(void);
-extern void AssociatePlacementAccessWithRelation(ShardPlacement *placement,
+extern void RecordRelationAccessIfReferenceTable(Oid relationId,
 												 ShardPlacementAccessType accessType);
 extern void RecordParallelRelationAccessForTaskList(List *taskList);
 extern void RecordParallelSelectAccess(Oid relationId);
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/relation_access_tracking.out b/src/test/regress/expected/relation_access_tracking.out
index 76c94b192..269bac822 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/relation_access_tracking.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/relation_access_tracking.out
@@ -22,14 +22,30 @@ CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION relation_ddl_access_mode(relationId Oid)
     RETURNS int
     LANGUAGE C STABLE STRICT
     AS 'citus', $$relation_ddl_access_mode$$;
-CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION relation_access_mode_to_text(relationShardAccess int)
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION distributed_relation(relation_name text)
+RETURNS bool AS
+$$
+DECLARE
+	part_method char;
+BEGIN
+		 select partmethod INTO part_method from pg_dist_partition  WHERE logicalrelid = relation_name::regclass;
+         IF part_method = 'h' THEN
+                RETURN true;
+         ELSE
+                RETURN false;
+         END IF;
+END;
+$$ LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' IMMUTABLE;
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION relation_access_mode_to_text(relation_name text, relationShardAccess int)
 RETURNS text AS
 $$
 BEGIN
-	 IF relationShardAccess = 0 THEN
+	 IF relationShardAccess = 0 and distributed_relation(relation_name) THEN
+	 	RETURN 'not_parallel_accessed';
+	 ELSIF relationShardAccess = 0 and NOT distributed_relation(relation_name) THEN
 	 	RETURN 'not_accessed';
 	 ELSIF relationShardAccess = 1 THEN
-	 	RETURN 'sequential_access';
+	 	RETURN 'reference_table_access';
 	 ELSE 
 		RETURN 'parallel_access';
 	 END IF;
@@ -37,9 +53,9 @@ END;
 $$ LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' IMMUTABLE;
 CREATE VIEW relation_acesses AS 
 	SELECT table_name, 
-			relation_access_mode_to_text(relation_select_access_mode(table_name::regclass)) as select_access,
-			relation_access_mode_to_text(relation_dml_access_mode(table_name::regclass)) as dml_access,
-			relation_access_mode_to_text(relation_ddl_access_mode(table_name::regclass)) as ddl_access
+			relation_access_mode_to_text(table_name, relation_select_access_mode(table_name::regclass)) as select_access,
+			relation_access_mode_to_text(table_name, relation_dml_access_mode(table_name::regclass)) as dml_access,
+			relation_access_mode_to_text(table_name, relation_ddl_access_mode(table_name::regclass)) as ddl_access
 	FROM 
 		((SELECT 'table_' || i as table_name FROM generate_series(1, 7) i) UNION (SELECT 'partitioning_test') UNION (SELECT 'partitioning_test_2009') UNION (SELECT 'partitioning_test_2010')) tables;
 SET citus.shard_replication_factor TO 1;
@@ -101,9 +117,9 @@ BEGIN;
 (1 row)
 
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses  WHERE table_name IN ('table_7')  ORDER BY 1;
- table_name | select_access |  dml_access  |   ddl_access    
-------------+---------------+--------------+-----------------
- table_7    | not_accessed  | not_accessed | parallel_access
+ table_name |     select_access     |      dml_access       |   ddl_access    
+------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------
+ table_7    | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | parallel_access
 (1 row)
 
 COMMIT;
@@ -115,18 +131,18 @@ SELECT count(*) FROM table_1;
 (1 row)
 
 SELECT * FROM relation_acesses WHERE table_name = 'table_1';
- table_name | select_access |  dml_access  |  ddl_access  
-------------+---------------+--------------+--------------
- table_1    | not_accessed  | not_accessed | not_accessed
+ table_name |     select_access     |      dml_access       |      ddl_access       
+------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------
+ table_1    | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
 (1 row)
 
 -- a very simple test that first checks sequential 
 -- and parallel SELECTs,DMLs, and DDLs
 BEGIN;
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses WHERE table_name = 'table_1';
- table_name | select_access |  dml_access  |  ddl_access  
-------------+---------------+--------------+--------------
- table_1    | not_accessed  | not_accessed | not_accessed
+ table_name |     select_access     |      dml_access       |      ddl_access       
+------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------
+ table_1    | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
 (1 row)
 
 	SELECT count(*) FROM table_1 WHERE key = 1;
@@ -136,9 +152,9 @@ BEGIN;
 (1 row)
 
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses WHERE table_name = 'table_1';
- table_name |   select_access   |  dml_access  |  ddl_access  
-------------+-------------------+--------------+--------------
- table_1    | sequential_access | not_accessed | not_accessed
+ table_name |     select_access     |      dml_access       |      ddl_access       
+------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------
+ table_1    | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
 (1 row)
 
 	SELECT count(*) FROM table_1 WHERE key = 1 OR key = 2;
@@ -148,31 +164,31 @@ BEGIN;
 (1 row)
 
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses WHERE table_name = 'table_1';
- table_name |  select_access  |  dml_access  |  ddl_access  
-------------+-----------------+--------------+--------------
- table_1    | parallel_access | not_accessed | not_accessed
+ table_name |  select_access  |      dml_access       |      ddl_access       
+------------+-----------------+-----------------------+-----------------------
+ table_1    | parallel_access | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
 (1 row)
 
 	INSERT INTO table_1 VALUES (1,1);
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses WHERE table_name = 'table_1';
- table_name |  select_access  |    dml_access     |  ddl_access  
-------------+-----------------+-------------------+--------------
- table_1    | parallel_access | sequential_access | not_accessed
+ table_name |  select_access  |      dml_access       |      ddl_access       
+------------+-----------------+-----------------------+-----------------------
+ table_1    | parallel_access | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
 (1 row)
 
 	INSERT INTO table_1 VALUES (1,1), (2,2);
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses WHERE table_name = 'table_1';
- table_name |  select_access  |    dml_access     |  ddl_access  
-------------+-----------------+-------------------+--------------
- table_1    | parallel_access | sequential_access | not_accessed
+ table_name |  select_access  |      dml_access       |      ddl_access       
+------------+-----------------+-----------------------+-----------------------
+ table_1    | parallel_access | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
 (1 row)
 
 	ALTER TABLE table_1 ADD COLUMN test_col INT;
 	-- now see that the other tables are not accessed at all
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses WHERE table_name = 'table_1';
- table_name |  select_access  |    dml_access     |   ddl_access    
-------------+-----------------+-------------------+-----------------
- table_1    | parallel_access | sequential_access | parallel_access
+ table_name |  select_access  |      dml_access       |   ddl_access    
+------------+-----------------+-----------------------+-----------------
+ table_1    | parallel_access | not_parallel_accessed | parallel_access
 (1 row)
 
 ROLLBACK;
@@ -186,9 +202,9 @@ BEGIN;
 (1 row)
 
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses WHERE table_name = 'table_1';
- table_name |   select_access   |  dml_access  |  ddl_access  
-------------+-------------------+--------------+--------------
- table_1    | sequential_access | not_accessed | not_accessed
+ table_name |     select_access     |      dml_access       |      ddl_access       
+------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------
+ table_1    | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
 (1 row)
 
 	SELECT count(*) FROM table_1 WHERE key = 2;
@@ -198,23 +214,23 @@ BEGIN;
 (1 row)
 
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses WHERE table_name = 'table_1';
- table_name |   select_access   |  dml_access  |  ddl_access  
-------------+-------------------+--------------+--------------
- table_1    | sequential_access | not_accessed | not_accessed
+ table_name |     select_access     |      dml_access       |      ddl_access       
+------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------
+ table_1    | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
 (1 row)
 
 	INSERT INTO table_1 VALUES (1,1);
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses WHERE table_name = 'table_1';
- table_name |   select_access   |    dml_access     |  ddl_access  
-------------+-------------------+-------------------+--------------
- table_1    | sequential_access | sequential_access | not_accessed
+ table_name |     select_access     |      dml_access       |      ddl_access       
+------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------
+ table_1    | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
 (1 row)
 
 	INSERT INTO table_1 VALUES (2,2);
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses WHERE table_name = 'table_1';
- table_name |   select_access   |    dml_access     |  ddl_access  
-------------+-------------------+-------------------+--------------
- table_1    | sequential_access | sequential_access | not_accessed
+ table_name |     select_access     |      dml_access       |      ddl_access       
+------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------
+ table_1    | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
 (1 row)
 
 ROLLBACK;
@@ -222,9 +238,9 @@ ROLLBACK;
 BEGIN;
 	ALTER TABLE table_1 ADD CONSTRAINT table_1_u UNIQUE (key);
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses WHERE table_name = 'table_1';
- table_name | select_access |  dml_access  |   ddl_access    
-------------+---------------+--------------+-----------------
- table_1    | not_accessed  | not_accessed | parallel_access
+ table_name |     select_access     |      dml_access       |   ddl_access    
+------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------
+ table_1    | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | parallel_access
 (1 row)
 
 ROLLBACK;
@@ -244,15 +260,15 @@ BEGIN;
 (1 row)
 
 		SELECT * FROM relation_acesses WHERE table_name LIKE 'table_%' ORDER BY 1;
- table_name |   select_access   |  dml_access  |  ddl_access  
-------------+-------------------+--------------+--------------
- table_1    | sequential_access | not_accessed | not_accessed
- table_2    | sequential_access | not_accessed | not_accessed
- table_3    | sequential_access | not_accessed | not_accessed
- table_4    | sequential_access | not_accessed | not_accessed
- table_5    | sequential_access | not_accessed | not_accessed
- table_6    | not_accessed      | not_accessed | not_accessed
- table_7    | not_accessed      | not_accessed | not_accessed
+ table_name |     select_access     |      dml_access       |      ddl_access       
+------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------
+ table_1    | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
+ table_2    | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
+ table_3    | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
+ table_4    | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
+ table_5    | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
+ table_6    | not_accessed          | not_accessed          | not_accessed
+ table_7    | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
 (7 rows)
 
 ROLLBACK;
@@ -270,10 +286,10 @@ BEGIN;
 (1 row)
 
 		SELECT * FROM relation_acesses WHERE table_name IN ('table_1', 'table_2')  ORDER BY 1;
- table_name |  select_access  |  dml_access  |  ddl_access  
-------------+-----------------+--------------+--------------
- table_1    | parallel_access | not_accessed | not_accessed
- table_2    | parallel_access | not_accessed | not_accessed
+ table_name |  select_access  |      dml_access       |      ddl_access       
+------------+-----------------+-----------------------+-----------------------
+ table_1    | parallel_access | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
+ table_2    | parallel_access | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
 (2 rows)
 
 ROLLBACK;
@@ -293,10 +309,10 @@ BEGIN;
 (1 row)
 
 		SELECT * FROM relation_acesses WHERE table_name IN ('table_1', 'table_2')  ORDER BY 1;
- table_name |   select_access   |  dml_access  |  ddl_access  
-------------+-------------------+--------------+--------------
- table_1    | sequential_access | not_accessed | not_accessed
- table_2    | sequential_access | not_accessed | not_accessed
+ table_name |     select_access     |      dml_access       |      ddl_access       
+------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------
+ table_1    | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
+ table_2    | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
 (2 rows)
 
 ROLLBACK;
@@ -320,15 +336,15 @@ BEGIN;
 (1 row)
 
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses WHERE table_name LIKE 'table_%' ORDER BY 1;
- table_name |  select_access  |  dml_access  |  ddl_access  
-------------+-----------------+--------------+--------------
- table_1    | parallel_access | not_accessed | not_accessed
- table_2    | parallel_access | not_accessed | not_accessed
- table_3    | parallel_access | not_accessed | not_accessed
- table_4    | parallel_access | not_accessed | not_accessed
- table_5    | parallel_access | not_accessed | not_accessed
- table_6    | not_accessed    | not_accessed | not_accessed
- table_7    | not_accessed    | not_accessed | not_accessed
+ table_name |     select_access     |      dml_access       |      ddl_access       
+------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------
+ table_1    | parallel_access       | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
+ table_2    | parallel_access       | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
+ table_3    | parallel_access       | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
+ table_4    | parallel_access       | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
+ table_5    | parallel_access       | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
+ table_6    | not_accessed          | not_accessed          | not_accessed
+ table_7    | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
 (7 rows)
 
 ROLLBACK;
@@ -338,18 +354,18 @@ ROLLBACK;
 BEGIN;
 	UPDATE table_1 SET value = 15;
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses WHERE table_name = 'table_1';
- table_name |  select_access  |   dml_access    |  ddl_access  
-------------+-----------------+-----------------+--------------
- table_1    | parallel_access | parallel_access | not_accessed
+ table_name |  select_access  |   dml_access    |      ddl_access       
+------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------
+ table_1    | parallel_access | parallel_access | not_parallel_accessed
 (1 row)
 
 	SET LOCAL citus.multi_shard_modify_mode = 'sequential';
 	UPDATE table_2 SET value = 15;
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses WHERE table_name IN ('table_1', 'table_2')  ORDER BY 1;
- table_name |   select_access   |    dml_access     |  ddl_access  
-------------+-------------------+-------------------+--------------
- table_1    | parallel_access   | parallel_access   | not_accessed
- table_2    | sequential_access | sequential_access | not_accessed
+ table_name |     select_access     |      dml_access       |      ddl_access       
+------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------
+ table_1    | parallel_access       | parallel_access       | not_parallel_accessed
+ table_2    | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
 (2 rows)
 
 ROLLBACK;
@@ -359,11 +375,11 @@ BEGIN;
 		table_1 SET value = 15 
 	WHERE key IN (SELECT key FROM table_2 JOIN table_3 USING (key) WHERE table_2.value = 15);
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses WHERE table_name IN ('table_1', 'table_2', 'table_3')  ORDER BY 1;
- table_name |  select_access  |   dml_access    |  ddl_access  
-------------+-----------------+-----------------+--------------
- table_1    | parallel_access | parallel_access | not_accessed
- table_2    | parallel_access | not_accessed    | not_accessed
- table_3    | parallel_access | not_accessed    | not_accessed
+ table_name |  select_access  |      dml_access       |      ddl_access       
+------------+-----------------+-----------------------+-----------------------
+ table_1    | parallel_access | parallel_access       | not_parallel_accessed
+ table_2    | parallel_access | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
+ table_3    | parallel_access | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
 (3 rows)
 
 ROLLBACK;
@@ -371,10 +387,10 @@ ROLLBACK;
 BEGIN;
 	INSERT INTO table_2 SELECT * FROM table_1;
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses WHERE table_name IN ('table_1', 'table_2')  ORDER BY 1;
- table_name |  select_access  |   dml_access    |  ddl_access  
-------------+-----------------+-----------------+--------------
- table_1    | parallel_access | not_accessed    | not_accessed
- table_2    | not_accessed    | parallel_access | not_accessed
+ table_name |     select_access     |      dml_access       |      ddl_access       
+------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------
+ table_1    | parallel_access       | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
+ table_2    | not_parallel_accessed | parallel_access       | not_parallel_accessed
 (2 rows)
 
 ROLLBACK;
@@ -383,10 +399,10 @@ BEGIN;
 	SET LOCAL citus.multi_shard_modify_mode = 'sequential';
 	INSERT INTO table_2 SELECT * FROM table_1;
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses WHERE table_name IN ('table_1', 'table_2')  ORDER BY 1;
- table_name |   select_access   |    dml_access     |  ddl_access  
-------------+-------------------+-------------------+--------------
- table_1    | sequential_access | not_accessed      | not_accessed
- table_2    | not_accessed      | sequential_access | not_accessed
+ table_name |     select_access     |      dml_access       |      ddl_access       
+------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------
+ table_1    | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
+ table_2    | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
 (2 rows)
 
 ROLLBACK;
@@ -394,10 +410,10 @@ ROLLBACK;
 BEGIN;
 	INSERT INTO table_2 SELECT * FROM table_1 OFFSET 0;
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses WHERE table_name IN ('table_1', 'table_2')  ORDER BY 1;
- table_name |  select_access  |   dml_access    |  ddl_access  
-------------+-----------------+-----------------+--------------
- table_1    | parallel_access | not_accessed    | not_accessed
- table_2    | not_accessed    | parallel_access | not_accessed
+ table_name |     select_access     |      dml_access       |      ddl_access       
+------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------
+ table_1    | parallel_access       | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
+ table_2    | not_parallel_accessed | parallel_access       | not_parallel_accessed
 (2 rows)
 
 ROLLBACK;
@@ -422,10 +438,10 @@ BEGIN;
 (1 row)
 
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses  WHERE table_name IN ('table_1', 'table_2')  ORDER BY 1;
- table_name |  select_access  |  dml_access  |  ddl_access  
-------------+-----------------+--------------+--------------
- table_1    | parallel_access | not_accessed | not_accessed
- table_2    | parallel_access | not_accessed | not_accessed
+ table_name |  select_access  |      dml_access       |      ddl_access       
+------------+-----------------+-----------------------+-----------------------
+ table_1    | parallel_access | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
+ table_2    | parallel_access | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
 (2 rows)
 
 ROLLBACK;
@@ -445,11 +461,11 @@ BEGIN;
 			OFFSET 0
 	) as foo;
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses  WHERE table_name IN ('table_1', 'table_2', 'table_3')  ORDER BY 1;
- table_name |  select_access  |   dml_access    |  ddl_access  
-------------+-----------------+-----------------+--------------
- table_1    | parallel_access | not_accessed    | not_accessed
- table_2    | parallel_access | not_accessed    | not_accessed
- table_3    | not_accessed    | parallel_access | not_accessed
+ table_name |     select_access     |      dml_access       |      ddl_access       
+------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------
+ table_1    | parallel_access       | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
+ table_2    | parallel_access       | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
+ table_3    | not_parallel_accessed | parallel_access       | not_parallel_accessed
 (3 rows)
 
 ROLLBACK;
@@ -471,11 +487,11 @@ BEGIN;
 			OFFSET 0
 	) as foo;
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses  WHERE table_name IN ('table_1', 'table_2', 'table_3')  ORDER BY 1;
- table_name |   select_access   |    dml_access     |  ddl_access  
-------------+-------------------+-------------------+--------------
- table_1    | sequential_access | not_accessed      | not_accessed
- table_2    | sequential_access | not_accessed      | not_accessed
- table_3    | not_accessed      | sequential_access | not_accessed
+ table_name |     select_access     |      dml_access       |      ddl_access       
+------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------
+ table_1    | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
+ table_2    | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
+ table_3    | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
 (3 rows)
 
 ROLLBACK;
@@ -497,12 +513,12 @@ BEGIN;
 		) as foo
 	) AND value IN (SELECT key FROM table_4);
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses  WHERE table_name IN ('table_1', 'table_2', 'table_3', 'table_4')  ORDER BY 1;
- table_name |  select_access  |   dml_access    |  ddl_access  
-------------+-----------------+-----------------+--------------
- table_1    | parallel_access | not_accessed    | not_accessed
- table_2    | parallel_access | not_accessed    | not_accessed
- table_3    | parallel_access | parallel_access | not_accessed
- table_4    | parallel_access | not_accessed    | not_accessed
+ table_name |  select_access  |      dml_access       |      ddl_access       
+------------+-----------------+-----------------------+-----------------------
+ table_1    | parallel_access | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
+ table_2    | parallel_access | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
+ table_3    | parallel_access | parallel_access       | not_parallel_accessed
+ table_4    | parallel_access | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
 (4 rows)
 
 ROLLBACK;
@@ -513,9 +529,9 @@ BEGIN;
 2	2
 3	3
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses  WHERE table_name IN ('table_1')  ORDER BY 1;
- table_name |  select_access  |  dml_access  |  ddl_access  
-------------+-----------------+--------------+--------------
- table_1    | parallel_access | not_accessed | not_accessed
+ table_name |  select_access  |      dml_access       |      ddl_access       
+------------+-----------------+-----------------------+-----------------------
+ table_1    | parallel_access | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
 (1 row)
 
 ROLLBACK;
@@ -523,9 +539,9 @@ ROLLBACK;
 BEGIN;
 	COPY table_1 FROM STDIN WITH CSV;
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses  WHERE table_name IN ('table_1')  ORDER BY 1;
- table_name | select_access |   dml_access    |  ddl_access  
-------------+---------------+-----------------+--------------
- table_1    | not_accessed  | parallel_access | not_accessed
+ table_name |     select_access     |   dml_access    |      ddl_access       
+------------+-----------------------+-----------------+-----------------------
+ table_1    | not_parallel_accessed | parallel_access | not_parallel_accessed
 (1 row)
 
 ROLLBACK;
@@ -533,9 +549,9 @@ ROLLBACK;
 BEGIN;
 	COPY table_1 FROM STDIN WITH CSV;
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses  WHERE table_name IN ('table_1')  ORDER BY 1;
- table_name | select_access |    dml_access     |  ddl_access  
-------------+---------------+-------------------+--------------
- table_1    | not_accessed  | sequential_access | not_accessed
+ table_name |     select_access     |      dml_access       |      ddl_access       
+------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------
+ table_1    | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
 (1 row)
 
 ROLLBACK;
@@ -548,23 +564,23 @@ BEGIN;
 (1 row)
 
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses  WHERE table_name IN ('table_6');
- table_name |   select_access   |  dml_access  |  ddl_access  
-------------+-------------------+--------------+--------------
- table_6    | sequential_access | not_accessed | not_accessed
+ table_name |     select_access      |  dml_access  |  ddl_access  
+------------+------------------------+--------------+--------------
+ table_6    | reference_table_access | not_accessed | not_accessed
 (1 row)
 
 	UPDATE table_6 SET value = 15;
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses  WHERE table_name IN ('table_6');
- table_name |   select_access   |    dml_access     |  ddl_access  
-------------+-------------------+-------------------+--------------
- table_6    | sequential_access | sequential_access | not_accessed
+ table_name |     select_access      |       dml_access       |  ddl_access  
+------------+------------------------+------------------------+--------------
+ table_6    | reference_table_access | reference_table_access | not_accessed
 (1 row)
 
 	ALTER TABLE table_6 ADD COLUMN x INT;	
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses  WHERE table_name IN ('table_6');
- table_name |   select_access   |    dml_access     |    ddl_access     
-------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------
- table_6    | sequential_access | sequential_access | sequential_access
+ table_name |     select_access      |       dml_access       |       ddl_access       
+------------+------------------------+------------------------+------------------------
+ table_6    | reference_table_access | reference_table_access | reference_table_access
 (1 row)
 
 ROLLBACK;
@@ -577,10 +593,10 @@ BEGIN;
 (1 row)
 
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses  WHERE table_name IN ('table_6', 'table_1') ORDER BY 1,2;
- table_name |  select_access  |  dml_access  |  ddl_access  
-------------+-----------------+--------------+--------------
- table_1    | parallel_access | not_accessed | not_accessed
- table_6    | parallel_access | not_accessed | not_accessed
+ table_name |  select_access  |      dml_access       |      ddl_access       
+------------+-----------------+-----------------------+-----------------------
+ table_1    | parallel_access | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
+ table_6    | parallel_access | not_accessed          | not_accessed
 (2 rows)
 
 ROLLBACK;
@@ -588,9 +604,9 @@ ROLLBACK;
 BEGIN;
 	TRUNCATE table_1;
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses  WHERE table_name IN ('table_1')  ORDER BY 1;
- table_name | select_access |  dml_access  |   ddl_access    
-------------+---------------+--------------+-----------------
- table_1    | not_accessed  | not_accessed | parallel_access
+ table_name |     select_access     |      dml_access       |   ddl_access    
+------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------
+ table_1    | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | parallel_access
 (1 row)
 
 ROLLBACK;
@@ -599,9 +615,9 @@ BEGIN;
 	SET LOCAL citus.multi_shard_modify_mode = 'sequential';
 	TRUNCATE table_1;
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses  WHERE table_name IN ('table_1')  ORDER BY 1;
- table_name | select_access |  dml_access  |    ddl_access     
-------------+---------------+--------------+-------------------
- table_1    | not_accessed  | not_accessed | sequential_access
+ table_name |     select_access     |      dml_access       |      ddl_access       
+------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------
+ table_1    | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
 (1 row)
 
 ROLLBACK;
@@ -609,9 +625,9 @@ ROLLBACK;
 BEGIN;
 	TRUNCATE table_6;
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses  WHERE table_name IN ('table_6')  ORDER BY 1;
- table_name | select_access |  dml_access  |    ddl_access     
-------------+---------------+--------------+-------------------
- table_6    | not_accessed  | not_accessed | sequential_access
+ table_name | select_access |  dml_access  |       ddl_access       
+------------+---------------+--------------+------------------------
+ table_6    | not_accessed  | not_accessed | reference_table_access
 (1 row)
 
 ROLLBACK;
@@ -620,10 +636,10 @@ ALTER TABLE table_1 ADD CONSTRAINT table_1_u UNIQUE (key);
 BEGIN;
 	ALTER TABLE table_2 ADD CONSTRAINT table_2_u FOREIGN KEY (key) REFERENCES table_1(key);
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses  WHERE table_name IN ('table_1', 'table_2')  ORDER BY 1;
- table_name | select_access |  dml_access  |   ddl_access    
-------------+---------------+--------------+-----------------
- table_1    | not_accessed  | not_accessed | parallel_access
- table_2    | not_accessed  | not_accessed | parallel_access
+ table_name |     select_access     |      dml_access       |   ddl_access    
+------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------
+ table_1    | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | parallel_access
+ table_2    | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | parallel_access
 (2 rows)
 
 ROLLBACK;
@@ -633,10 +649,10 @@ BEGIN;
 	SET LOCAL citus.multi_shard_modify_mode = 'sequential';
 	ALTER TABLE table_2 ADD CONSTRAINT table_2_u FOREIGN KEY (key) REFERENCES table_1(key);
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses  WHERE table_name IN ('table_1', 'table_2')  ORDER BY 1;
- table_name | select_access |  dml_access  |    ddl_access     
-------------+---------------+--------------+-------------------
- table_1    | not_accessed  | not_accessed | sequential_access
- table_2    | not_accessed  | not_accessed | sequential_access
+ table_name |     select_access     |      dml_access       |      ddl_access       
+------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------
+ table_1    | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
+ table_2    | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
 (2 rows)
 
 ROLLBACK;
@@ -651,10 +667,10 @@ SELECT create_distributed_table('partitioning_test', 'id');
 BEGIN;
 	CREATE TABLE partitioning_test_2009 PARTITION OF partitioning_test FOR VALUES FROM ('2009-01-01') TO ('2010-01-01');
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses  WHERE table_name IN ('partitioning_test', 'partitioning_test_2009')  ORDER BY 1;
-       table_name       | select_access |  dml_access  |   ddl_access    
-------------------------+---------------+--------------+-----------------
- partitioning_test      | not_accessed  | not_accessed | parallel_access
- partitioning_test_2009 | not_accessed  | not_accessed | parallel_access
+       table_name       |     select_access     |      dml_access       |   ddl_access    
+------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------
+ partitioning_test      | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | parallel_access
+ partitioning_test_2009 | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | parallel_access
 (2 rows)
 
 ROLLBACK;
@@ -663,10 +679,10 @@ CREATE TABLE partitioning_test_2009 AS SELECT * FROM partitioning_test;
 BEGIN;
 	ALTER TABLE partitioning_test ATTACH PARTITION partitioning_test_2009 FOR VALUES FROM ('2009-01-01') TO ('2010-01-01');
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses  WHERE table_name IN ('partitioning_test', 'partitioning_test_2009')  ORDER BY 1;
-       table_name       | select_access |  dml_access  |   ddl_access    
-------------------------+---------------+--------------+-----------------
- partitioning_test      | not_accessed  | not_accessed | parallel_access
- partitioning_test_2009 | not_accessed  | not_accessed | parallel_access
+       table_name       |     select_access     |      dml_access       |   ddl_access    
+------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------
+ partitioning_test      | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | parallel_access
+ partitioning_test_2009 | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | parallel_access
 (2 rows)
 
 COMMIT;
@@ -681,10 +697,10 @@ SELECT create_distributed_table('partitioning_test_2010', 'id');
 BEGIN;
 	ALTER TABLE partitioning_test ATTACH PARTITION partitioning_test_2010 FOR VALUES FROM ('2010-01-01') TO ('2011-01-01');
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses  WHERE table_name IN ('partitioning_test', 'partitioning_test_2010')  ORDER BY 1;
-       table_name       | select_access |  dml_access  |   ddl_access    
-------------------------+---------------+--------------+-----------------
- partitioning_test      | not_accessed  | not_accessed | parallel_access
- partitioning_test_2010 | not_accessed  | not_accessed | parallel_access
+       table_name       |     select_access     |      dml_access       |   ddl_access    
+------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------
+ partitioning_test      | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | parallel_access
+ partitioning_test_2010 | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | parallel_access
 (2 rows)
 
 COMMIT;
@@ -697,11 +713,11 @@ BEGIN;
 (1 row)
 
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses  WHERE table_name IN ('partitioning_test', 'partitioning_test_2009', 'partitioning_test_2010')  ORDER BY 1;
-       table_name       |  select_access  |  dml_access  |  ddl_access  
-------------------------+-----------------+--------------+--------------
- partitioning_test      | parallel_access | not_accessed | not_accessed
- partitioning_test_2009 | parallel_access | not_accessed | not_accessed
- partitioning_test_2010 | parallel_access | not_accessed | not_accessed
+       table_name       |  select_access  |      dml_access       |      ddl_access       
+------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------+-----------------------
+ partitioning_test      | parallel_access | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
+ partitioning_test_2009 | parallel_access | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
+ partitioning_test_2010 | parallel_access | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
 (3 rows)
 
 COMMIT;
@@ -715,11 +731,11 @@ BEGIN;
 (1 row)
 
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses  WHERE table_name IN ('partitioning_test', 'partitioning_test_2009', 'partitioning_test_2010')  ORDER BY 1;
-       table_name       |   select_access   |  dml_access  |  ddl_access  
-------------------------+-------------------+--------------+--------------
- partitioning_test      | sequential_access | not_accessed | not_accessed
- partitioning_test_2009 | sequential_access | not_accessed | not_accessed
- partitioning_test_2010 | sequential_access | not_accessed | not_accessed
+       table_name       |     select_access     |      dml_access       |      ddl_access       
+------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------
+ partitioning_test      | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
+ partitioning_test_2009 | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
+ partitioning_test_2010 | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
 (3 rows)
 
 COMMIT;
@@ -727,11 +743,11 @@ COMMIT;
 BEGIN;
 	UPDATE partitioning_test SET time = now();
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses  WHERE table_name IN ('partitioning_test', 'partitioning_test_2009', 'partitioning_test_2010')  ORDER BY 1;
-       table_name       |  select_access  |   dml_access    |  ddl_access  
-------------------------+-----------------+-----------------+--------------
- partitioning_test      | parallel_access | parallel_access | not_accessed
- partitioning_test_2009 | parallel_access | parallel_access | not_accessed
- partitioning_test_2010 | parallel_access | parallel_access | not_accessed
+       table_name       |  select_access  |   dml_access    |      ddl_access       
+------------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------
+ partitioning_test      | parallel_access | parallel_access | not_parallel_accessed
+ partitioning_test_2009 | parallel_access | parallel_access | not_parallel_accessed
+ partitioning_test_2010 | parallel_access | parallel_access | not_parallel_accessed
 (3 rows)
 
 COMMIT;
@@ -740,11 +756,11 @@ BEGIN;
 	SET LOCAL citus.multi_shard_modify_mode TO 'sequential';
 	UPDATE partitioning_test SET time = now();
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses  WHERE table_name IN ('partitioning_test', 'partitioning_test_2009', 'partitioning_test_2010')  ORDER BY 1;
-       table_name       |   select_access   |    dml_access     |  ddl_access  
-------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+--------------
- partitioning_test      | sequential_access | sequential_access | not_accessed
- partitioning_test_2009 | sequential_access | sequential_access | not_accessed
- partitioning_test_2010 | sequential_access | sequential_access | not_accessed
+       table_name       |     select_access     |      dml_access       |      ddl_access       
+------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------
+ partitioning_test      | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
+ partitioning_test_2009 | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
+ partitioning_test_2010 | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
 (3 rows)
 
 COMMIT;
@@ -752,11 +768,11 @@ COMMIT;
 BEGIN;
 	ALTER TABLE partitioning_test ADD COLUMN X INT;
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses  WHERE table_name IN ('partitioning_test', 'partitioning_test_2009', 'partitioning_test_2010')  ORDER BY 1;
-       table_name       | select_access |  dml_access  |   ddl_access    
-------------------------+---------------+--------------+-----------------
- partitioning_test      | not_accessed  | not_accessed | parallel_access
- partitioning_test_2009 | not_accessed  | not_accessed | parallel_access
- partitioning_test_2010 | not_accessed  | not_accessed | parallel_access
+       table_name       |     select_access     |      dml_access       |   ddl_access    
+------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------
+ partitioning_test      | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | parallel_access
+ partitioning_test_2009 | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | parallel_access
+ partitioning_test_2010 | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | parallel_access
 (3 rows)
 
 ROLLBACK;
@@ -765,11 +781,11 @@ BEGIN;
 	SET LOCAL citus.multi_shard_modify_mode TO 'sequential';
 	ALTER TABLE partitioning_test ADD COLUMN X INT;
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses  WHERE table_name IN ('partitioning_test', 'partitioning_test_2009', 'partitioning_test_2010')  ORDER BY 1;
-       table_name       | select_access |  dml_access  |    ddl_access     
-------------------------+---------------+--------------+-------------------
- partitioning_test      | not_accessed  | not_accessed | sequential_access
- partitioning_test_2009 | not_accessed  | not_accessed | sequential_access
- partitioning_test_2010 | not_accessed  | not_accessed | sequential_access
+       table_name       |     select_access     |      dml_access       |      ddl_access       
+------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------
+ partitioning_test      | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
+ partitioning_test_2009 | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
+ partitioning_test_2010 | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
 (3 rows)
 
 ROLLBACK;
@@ -782,11 +798,11 @@ BEGIN;
 (1 row)
 
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses  WHERE table_name IN ('partitioning_test', 'partitioning_test_2009', 'partitioning_test_2010')  ORDER BY 1;
-       table_name       |  select_access  |  dml_access  |  ddl_access  
-------------------------+-----------------+--------------+--------------
- partitioning_test      | parallel_access | not_accessed | not_accessed
- partitioning_test_2009 | parallel_access | not_accessed | not_accessed
- partitioning_test_2010 | not_accessed    | not_accessed | not_accessed
+       table_name       |     select_access     |      dml_access       |      ddl_access       
+------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------
+ partitioning_test      | parallel_access       | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
+ partitioning_test_2009 | parallel_access       | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
+ partitioning_test_2010 | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
 (3 rows)
 
 COMMIT;
@@ -800,11 +816,11 @@ BEGIN;
 (1 row)
 
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses  WHERE table_name IN ('partitioning_test', 'partitioning_test_2009', 'partitioning_test_2010')  ORDER BY 1;
-       table_name       |   select_access   |  dml_access  |  ddl_access  
-------------------------+-------------------+--------------+--------------
- partitioning_test      | sequential_access | not_accessed | not_accessed
- partitioning_test_2009 | sequential_access | not_accessed | not_accessed
- partitioning_test_2010 | not_accessed      | not_accessed | not_accessed
+       table_name       |     select_access     |      dml_access       |      ddl_access       
+------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------
+ partitioning_test      | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
+ partitioning_test_2009 | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
+ partitioning_test_2010 | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
 (3 rows)
 
 COMMIT;
@@ -812,11 +828,11 @@ COMMIT;
 BEGIN;
 	UPDATE partitioning_test_2009 SET time = now();
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses  WHERE table_name IN ('partitioning_test', 'partitioning_test_2009', 'partitioning_test_2010')  ORDER BY 1;
-       table_name       |  select_access  |   dml_access    |  ddl_access  
-------------------------+-----------------+-----------------+--------------
- partitioning_test      | parallel_access | parallel_access | not_accessed
- partitioning_test_2009 | parallel_access | parallel_access | not_accessed
- partitioning_test_2010 | not_accessed    | not_accessed    | not_accessed
+       table_name       |     select_access     |      dml_access       |      ddl_access       
+------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------
+ partitioning_test      | parallel_access       | parallel_access       | not_parallel_accessed
+ partitioning_test_2009 | parallel_access       | parallel_access       | not_parallel_accessed
+ partitioning_test_2010 | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
 (3 rows)
 
 COMMIT;
@@ -825,11 +841,11 @@ BEGIN;
 	SET LOCAL citus.multi_shard_modify_mode TO 'sequential';
 	UPDATE partitioning_test_2009 SET time = now();
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses  WHERE table_name IN ('partitioning_test', 'partitioning_test_2009', 'partitioning_test_2010')  ORDER BY 1;
-       table_name       |   select_access   |    dml_access     |  ddl_access  
-------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+--------------
- partitioning_test      | sequential_access | sequential_access | not_accessed
- partitioning_test_2009 | sequential_access | sequential_access | not_accessed
- partitioning_test_2010 | not_accessed      | not_accessed      | not_accessed
+       table_name       |     select_access     |      dml_access       |      ddl_access       
+------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------
+ partitioning_test      | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
+ partitioning_test_2009 | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
+ partitioning_test_2010 | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
 (3 rows)
 
 COMMIT;
@@ -837,11 +853,11 @@ COMMIT;
 BEGIN;
 	CREATE INDEX i1000000 ON partitioning_test_2009 (id);
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses  WHERE table_name IN ('partitioning_test', 'partitioning_test_2009', 'partitioning_test_2010')  ORDER BY 1;
-       table_name       | select_access |  dml_access  |   ddl_access    
-------------------------+---------------+--------------+-----------------
- partitioning_test      | not_accessed  | not_accessed | parallel_access
- partitioning_test_2009 | not_accessed  | not_accessed | parallel_access
- partitioning_test_2010 | not_accessed  | not_accessed | not_accessed
+       table_name       |     select_access     |      dml_access       |      ddl_access       
+------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------
+ partitioning_test      | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | parallel_access
+ partitioning_test_2009 | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | parallel_access
+ partitioning_test_2010 | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
 (3 rows)
 
 ROLLBACK;
@@ -850,11 +866,11 @@ BEGIN;
 	SET LOCAL citus.multi_shard_modify_mode TO 'sequential';
 	CREATE INDEX i1000000 ON partitioning_test_2009 (id);
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses  WHERE table_name IN ('partitioning_test', 'partitioning_test_2009', 'partitioning_test_2010')  ORDER BY 1;
-       table_name       | select_access |  dml_access  |    ddl_access     
-------------------------+---------------+--------------+-------------------
- partitioning_test      | not_accessed  | not_accessed | sequential_access
- partitioning_test_2009 | not_accessed  | not_accessed | sequential_access
- partitioning_test_2010 | not_accessed  | not_accessed | not_accessed
+       table_name       |     select_access     |      dml_access       |      ddl_access       
+------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------
+ partitioning_test      | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
+ partitioning_test_2009 | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
+ partitioning_test_2010 | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
 (3 rows)
 
 ROLLBACK;
@@ -864,10 +880,10 @@ BEGIN;
 	TRUNCATE table_1 CASCADE;
 NOTICE:  truncate cascades to table "table_2"
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses  WHERE table_name IN ('table_1', 'table_2')  ORDER BY 1;
- table_name | select_access |  dml_access  |   ddl_access    
-------------+---------------+--------------+-----------------
- table_1    | not_accessed  | not_accessed | parallel_access
- table_2    | not_accessed  | not_accessed | parallel_access
+ table_name |     select_access     |      dml_access       |   ddl_access    
+------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------
+ table_1    | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | parallel_access
+ table_2    | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | parallel_access
 (2 rows)
 
 ROLLBACK;
@@ -882,9 +898,9 @@ BEGIN;
 (1 row)
 
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses  WHERE table_name IN ('table_1')  ORDER BY 1;
- table_name |  select_access  |  dml_access  |  ddl_access  
-------------+-----------------+--------------+--------------
- table_1    | parallel_access | not_accessed | not_accessed
+ table_name |  select_access  |      dml_access       |      ddl_access       
+------------+-----------------+-----------------------+-----------------------
+ table_1    | parallel_access | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
 (1 row)
 
 COMMIT;
@@ -899,9 +915,9 @@ BEGIN;
 (1 row)
 
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses  WHERE table_name IN ('table_1')  ORDER BY 1;
- table_name |   select_access   |  dml_access  |  ddl_access  
-------------+-------------------+--------------+--------------
- table_1    | sequential_access | not_accessed | not_accessed
+ table_name |     select_access     |      dml_access       |      ddl_access       
+------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------
+ table_1    | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
 (1 row)
 
 COMMIT;
@@ -918,9 +934,9 @@ BEGIN;
 (3 rows)
 
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses  WHERE table_name IN ('table_1')  ORDER BY 1;
- table_name | select_access |    dml_access     |  ddl_access  
-------------+---------------+-------------------+--------------
- table_1    | not_accessed  | sequential_access | not_accessed
+ table_name |     select_access     |      dml_access       |      ddl_access       
+------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------
+ table_1    | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed | not_parallel_accessed
 (1 row)
 
 ROLLBACK;
@@ -935,9 +951,9 @@ BEGIN;
 (1 row)
 
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses  WHERE table_name IN ('table_1')  ORDER BY 1;
- table_name |  select_access  |   dml_access    |  ddl_access  
-------------+-----------------+-----------------+--------------
- table_1    | parallel_access | parallel_access | not_accessed
+ table_name |  select_access  |   dml_access    |      ddl_access       
+------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------
+ table_1    | parallel_access | parallel_access | not_parallel_accessed
 (1 row)
 
 ROLLBACK;
@@ -952,9 +968,9 @@ BEGIN;
 (1 row)
 
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses  WHERE table_name IN ('table_1')  ORDER BY 1;
- table_name |  select_access  |   dml_access    |  ddl_access  
-------------+-----------------+-----------------+--------------
- table_1    | parallel_access | parallel_access | not_accessed
+ table_name |  select_access  |   dml_access    |      ddl_access       
+------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------
+ table_1    | parallel_access | parallel_access | not_parallel_accessed
 (1 row)
 
 ROLLBACK;
@@ -972,19 +988,20 @@ NOTICE:  Copying data from local table...
 (1 row)
 
 	SELECT * FROM relation_acesses  WHERE table_name IN ('table_3')  ORDER BY 1;
- table_name | select_access |   dml_access    |   ddl_access    
-------------+---------------+-----------------+-----------------
- table_3    | not_accessed  | parallel_access | parallel_access
+ table_name |     select_access     |   dml_access    |   ddl_access    
+------------+-----------------------+-----------------+-----------------
+ table_3    | not_parallel_accessed | parallel_access | parallel_access
 (1 row)
 
 COMMIT;
 SET search_path TO 'public';
 DROP SCHEMA access_tracking CASCADE;
-NOTICE:  drop cascades to 13 other objects
+NOTICE:  drop cascades to 14 other objects
 DETAIL:  drop cascades to function access_tracking.relation_select_access_mode(oid)
 drop cascades to function access_tracking.relation_dml_access_mode(oid)
 drop cascades to function access_tracking.relation_ddl_access_mode(oid)
-drop cascades to function access_tracking.relation_access_mode_to_text(integer)
+drop cascades to function access_tracking.distributed_relation(text)
+drop cascades to function access_tracking.relation_access_mode_to_text(text,integer)
 drop cascades to view access_tracking.relation_acesses
 drop cascades to table access_tracking.table_1
 drop cascades to table access_tracking.table_2
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/relation_access_tracking.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/relation_access_tracking.sql
index 5196cf523..13cb5dc92 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/relation_access_tracking.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/relation_access_tracking.sql
@@ -23,15 +23,32 @@ CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION relation_ddl_access_mode(relationId Oid)
     LANGUAGE C STABLE STRICT
     AS 'citus', $$relation_ddl_access_mode$$;
 
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION distributed_relation(relation_name text)
+RETURNS bool AS
+$$
+DECLARE
+	part_method char;
+BEGIN
+		 select partmethod INTO part_method from pg_dist_partition  WHERE logicalrelid = relation_name::regclass;
+         IF part_method = 'h' THEN
+                RETURN true;
+         ELSE
+                RETURN false;
+         END IF;
+END;
+$$ LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' IMMUTABLE;
 
-CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION relation_access_mode_to_text(relationShardAccess int)
+
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION relation_access_mode_to_text(relation_name text, relationShardAccess int)
 RETURNS text AS
 $$
 BEGIN
-	 IF relationShardAccess = 0 THEN
+	 IF relationShardAccess = 0 and distributed_relation(relation_name) THEN
+	 	RETURN 'not_parallel_accessed';
+	 ELSIF relationShardAccess = 0 and NOT distributed_relation(relation_name) THEN
 	 	RETURN 'not_accessed';
 	 ELSIF relationShardAccess = 1 THEN
-	 	RETURN 'sequential_access';
+	 	RETURN 'reference_table_access';
 	 ELSE 
 		RETURN 'parallel_access';
 	 END IF;
@@ -42,9 +59,9 @@ $$ LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' IMMUTABLE;
 
 CREATE VIEW relation_acesses AS 
 	SELECT table_name, 
-			relation_access_mode_to_text(relation_select_access_mode(table_name::regclass)) as select_access,
-			relation_access_mode_to_text(relation_dml_access_mode(table_name::regclass)) as dml_access,
-			relation_access_mode_to_text(relation_ddl_access_mode(table_name::regclass)) as ddl_access
+			relation_access_mode_to_text(table_name, relation_select_access_mode(table_name::regclass)) as select_access,
+			relation_access_mode_to_text(table_name, relation_dml_access_mode(table_name::regclass)) as dml_access,
+			relation_access_mode_to_text(table_name, relation_ddl_access_mode(table_name::regclass)) as ddl_access
 	FROM 
 		((SELECT 'table_' || i as table_name FROM generate_series(1, 7) i) UNION (SELECT 'partitioning_test') UNION (SELECT 'partitioning_test_2009') UNION (SELECT 'partitioning_test_2010')) tables;