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ORA-39181:Only Partial Table Data Exported Due To Fine Grain Access Control (Doc ID 422480.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 04, 2018

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 10.2.0.1 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.
***Checked for relevance on 10-Mar-2014***


Symptoms

ERROR:
ORA-39181 :only partial table data may be exported due to fine grain access control

This error appears trying to datapump export a table with FGAC policy enabled against it.

When Expdp runs as the schema owner, if fine grained policies are discovered on tables and if the exporting  user has unrestricted access, then the entire table data is exported.
 
  

Changes

A table with FGAC policy enabled against it.

Scenario 1 (unprivileged user)
------------------------------
table: ABC_TAB
partition=yes
table_owner= X_USER
data= 500GB

when expdp X_USER/password parameter=exp_ABC_TAB.par
==>
Getting ORA-39181: Only partial table data may be exported due to fine grain access control


Scenario 2 (privileged user)
-----------------------------
table: ABC_TAB
partition=yes
table_owner= X_USER

when expdp oradba/password parameter=exp_ABC_TAB.par
==>
Getting exported "X_USER"."ABC_TAB":"ABC_TAB_AA"12340 KB   1000 rows
Master table "ORADBA"."ABC_TAB_AA" successfully loaded/unloaded

Cause

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