ERROR #5883: Item '%Test' is mapped from a database that you do not have write permission on

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Jonathan Perry · May 12

#InterSystems IRIS

I have a local testing environment using VSCode.

I'm trying to create a routine %Test.mac, but keep getting permission error.

I have enabled write permissions to percent globals in the Admin Portal.

I'm connecting to Iris with superuser.

How do I give myself permissions?

Thanks

Product version: IRIS 2024.2

$ZV: IRIS for Windows (x86-64) 2024.2 (Build 247U) Tue Jul 16 2024 09:57:03 EDT

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score 0 · Answer 1 · 2025-05-13T00:12:18-04:00

Hello @Jonathan Perry

The rules for routine name /Class name is "If you start a routine name with %, use z or Z as the next character after that" So, You have to create routine in the name of %zTest/%ZTest

score 0 · Answer 2 · 2025-05-13T11:09:20-04:00

Every routine, class or global that start with "%" is mapped to a system database, usually "%SYS".

In your case %Test.mac is (by default) mapped to the %SYS database.

It seems that you (the user you connect to IRIS) don't have permissions to write to the %SYS database.

Please note that during IRIS upgrade all routines starting with "%" are DELETED, unless they start with %z or %Z, so I suggest to use a different name or, better, create your code in other namespace/database with consistent naming (package name) and map it from your application namespaces. If you need your code in all namespaces, create a mapping for the %ALL (pseudo) namespace.