List items in a dimension as filtered by a view. Useful for understanding what data a view includes. Note: requires model ID (name resolution not supported).
AI agents call show_viewdimensionitems to retrieve information from Anaplan MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and queries data (dimension items filtered by a view) for informational purposes only. There is no indication that it modifies, deletes, executes code, or creates financial obligations. The read-only nature of listing/filtering data clearly places it in the Read category with low severity, as it presents minimal risk of misuse by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition The tool 'show_viewdimensionitems' is explicitly described as 'List items in a dimension as filtered by a view' and is stated to be 'Useful for understanding what data a view includes.' The verb 'List' and the stated purpose of data retrieval without…
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access show_viewdimensionitems gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Anaplan MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for show_viewdimensionitems:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"show_viewdimensionitems": {}
}
}show_viewdimensionitems is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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List items in a dimension as filtered by a view. Useful for understanding what data a view includes. Note: requires model ID (name resolution not supported). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Anaplan MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Anaplan MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for show_viewdimensionitems: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Anaplan MCP. Nothing to install.
show_viewdimensionitems is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the show_viewdimensionitems rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for show_viewdimensionitems. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
show_viewdimensionitems is provided by the Anaplan MCP server (larasrinath/anaplan-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Anaplan MCP, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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