PERMITERROR

The PERMITERROR option controls whether or not an error is signaled on attempted access of a variable for which read or write permission is denied by a PERMIT statement.

See Also:

"Startup Programs", PERMIT command, and PERMITRESET command.

Data Type

BOOLEAN

Syntax

PERMITERROR = NO|YES

Arguments

NO: When you set PERMITERROR to NO, an error condition is not created on attempted access of a variable for which read or write permission is denied with a PERMIT statement. Values for which you do not have read permission are displayed as NAs. When you try to change a value for which you do not have write permission, the request is ignored.
YES: When PERMITERROR is YES (the default), an error is signaled upon attempted access of a variable for which read or write permission is denied with a PERMIT statement. The error, which can be trapped, terminates the Oracle OLAP operation that initiated the illegal access.

Notes

Programs, Models, and Valuesets

The setting of PERMITERROR is ignored for violations of permission for objects without dimensionality such as programs, models, and valuesets. Attempted access of variables and relations with permission, whether or not they have dimensionality, is always affected by the setting of PERMITERROR.

Maintaining Dimensions

The setting of PERMITERROR is ignored for violations of maintain and permit permission. Attempted violations of permission to maintain dimensions and to change permission are always treated as errors. Attempted violations of read or write permission for dimensions are, similarly, always treated as errors.

Obtaining Data Without Full Permission

When PERMITERROR is YES and you attempt to fetch a dimensioned variable that contains values that do not have read permission, an error condition is created when the first of those values is encountered. You can avoid creating an error condition by limiting the dimensions in advance so that only permissible values are in status, or by setting PERMITERROR to NO, before doing the report.

Examples

Example 6-90 Report Without Full Permission

In the following example, the read permission on the price variable prevents you from seeing price data for any values of product other than Tents. However, when you set PERMITERROR to NO, you can still do a report of the price variable for Dec. 1996 without creating an error condition.

PERMITERROR = no
DESCRIBE price

The output of this statement is

DEFINE PRICE VARIABLE DECIMAL <MONTH PRODUCT>
LD Wholesale Unit Selling Price
PERMIT READ WHEN product eq 'Tents'

The statements

LIMIT month TO 'Dec96'
REPORT price

produce the following output.

----PRICE----
                  ----MONTH----
PRODUCT               DEC96      
----------------  -------------
Tents                  165.64
Canoes                     NA
Racquets                   NA
Sportswear                 NA
Footwear                   NA

The statements

PERMITERROR = yes
REPORT price

produce the following error,

ERROR: You do not have permission to read this value of PRICE

and the following output.

---PRICE---
                 ---MONTH---
PRODUCT             DEC96
---------------  -----------
Tents                165.64