If a query encounters an error, the query results return an error name and description instead of query results.
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The following errors can occur in your Metadata API query.
| Error | Error Type | Details |
|---|---|---|
| ACCESS_DENIED | Error | You are not authorized to use the Metadata API. |
| BACKFILL_RUNNING | Warning | Still creating the Metadata API Store. Results from the query may be incomplete at this time. |
| FEATURE_DISABLED | Error | Can’t run the query because the Metadata API has not been enabled yet. Run the ‘tsm maintenance metadata-services enable’ command to enable the Metadata API or contact your Tableau administrator. |
| FILTER_REQUIRED | Error | Can’t run the query because you must be an admin. Alternatively, if you are not an admin, you can rerun the query with a field name filter to return results. |
| INHERITANCE_INCOMPLETE | Warning | When queries run in filter mode, inheritance results might be incomplete. |
| INVALID_ARGUMENT | Error | The query contains an undefined fragment ‘n’. Make sure to define the fragment. |
| Error | Can’t use nested fragments for shortcut query ‘n’. | |
| Error | Can’t use “after” and “offset” pagination at the same time. Remove one of the arguments from the query. | |
| Error | The query contains an invalid cursor. Make sure to use cursors of the same type. | |
| Error | The query contains an invalid cursor. Make sure to use cursors that belong to the same site. | |
| Error | A text filter can’t contain only the following characters: spaces or a single quotation mark. Replace the invalid characters and try again. | |
| Warning | Make sure the query contains the field you want to paginatate on. | |
| LINKED_RESULTS_INCOMPLETE | Warning | When queries run in filter mode, linked results might be incomplete. |
| NODE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED | Warning | Showing partial results. The request exceeded the ‘n’ node limit. Use pagination, additional filtering, or both in the query to adjust results. |
| PERMISSIONS_MODE_SWITCHED | Error | One or more of attributes used in your filter contain sensitive data. Your results have been automatically filtered to contain only the results you have permissions to see. |
| SITE_DISABLED | Error | The Metadata API is not enabled for this site: ‘n’. |
| TIME_LIMIT_EXCEEDED | Warning | Can’t show all data because the timeout limit ‘n’ has been exceeded. Use pagination, additional filtering, or both in the query, and try again. |
| USER_VISIBILITY_IS_LIMITED | Warning | The attributes used in your sort contain sensitive data so results exclude the sort. |
| MAX_PAGE_SIZE_EXCEEDED | Warning | The value chosen for “first” exceeded the maximum page size, so the query results will be limited to the maximum page size instead of the value chosen for “first”. It is recommended that the value chosen for “first” be smaller than the maximum page size, or incomplete results may be returned. |