Analyzing permission dependency cycle trace telemetry

APPLIES TO: Business Central 2022 release wave 1 and later

A permission dependency cycle occurs when a permission set depends on itself, which can happen when you build permissions sets that include other permission sets. For example, suppose you create a permission set Y that includes permission set X. If you then try modify permission set X to include permission set Y, you create a dependency cycle. When you create a permission dependency cycle in the Business Central client, you get an error similar to the following message:

The permission set [XX] has a circular reference on path [XX]->[YY]->[XX].

This telemetry data let's you identify and analyze permission problems that users might experience in Business Central.

Dependency cycle discovered in permission sets

Occurs when there's permission set dependency cycle in the application.

General dimensions

Dimension Description or value
message Dependency cycle discovered in permission sets
severityLevel 3

Custom dimensions

Dimension Description or value
eventId RT0032
aadTenantId

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Specifies the Microsoft Entra tenant ID used for Microsoft Entra authentication. For on-premises, if you aren't using Microsoft Entra authentication, this value is common.
alObjectId Specifies the ID of the object causing the dependency cycle. If there's no value or the value is 0, then the error wasn't related to a specific object, which typically happens when permissionArea is something other than Object.
alObjectType The type of the AL object that the user was trying to access, like a table or page.
clientType Specifies the type of client that opened the session, such as Background or Web. For a list of the client types, see ClientType Option Type.
companyName The current company name.
component Dynamics 365 Business Central Server
componentVersion The version number of the component that emits telemetry (see the component dimension)
environmentName The name of the tenant environment. See Managing Environments. This dimension isn't included for Business Central on-premises environments.
environmentType The environment type for the tenant, such as Production, Sandbox, Trial. See Environment Types
permissionArea The area that the dependency cycle is related to. Possible values include: System, Entitlement, Company, Object.
permissionType The permission that the dependency cycle pertains to. Possible values: Delete, Execute, Insert, Modify, Read, Undefined
telemetrySchemaVersion The version of the Business Central telemetry schema.

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