Retrieves a list of business units in the Dataverse environment with filtering and sorting options. Use this to discover available business units, understand organizational hierarchy, and find specific business units by criteria.
AI agents call list_dataverse_businessunits to retrieve information from Dataverse MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs data retrieval and discovery operations without side effects. It queries the Dataverse schema to list existing business units, which is a non-invasive read operation. The filtering and sorting are applied to the retrieval, not to modify underlying data. No execution, creation, modification, or deletion occurs.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Retrieves a list of business units' with 'filtering and sorting options'. The verb 'retrieves' and use case of 'discover available business units' and 'find specific business units' indicate read-only querying with no data…
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access list_dataverse_businessunits gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Dataverse MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for list_dataverse_businessunits:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"list_dataverse_businessunits": {}
}
} list_dataverse_businessunits is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Retrieves a list of business units in the Dataverse environment with filtering and sorting options. Use this to discover available business units, understand organizational hierarchy, and find specific business units by criteria. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Dataverse MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Dataverse MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_dataverse_businessunits: 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 Dataverse MCP Server. Nothing to install.
list_dataverse_businessunits 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 list_dataverse_businessunits 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 list_dataverse_businessunits. 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.
list_dataverse_businessunits is provided by the Dataverse MCP Server MCP server (mwhesse/dataverse-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Dataverse MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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