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The previous LLM-generated knowledge files contained factual
hallucinations. The most visible was the claim that `FindFirst` /
`FindLast` "forces a full-table scan" on an unfiltered record - it does
not; those APIs return a single row via the current key.
Other inaccuracies the audit found and fixed:
* `FindSet(true)` was described as "taking a LockTable". The correct
upstream phrasing is that `FindSet(true)` sets
`ReadIsolation::UpdLock` on the read. UpdLock and LockTable are
related but distinct mechanisms.
* The list of production-scale tables had been invented beyond the
upstream source (e.g. "Detailed Cust. Ledg. Entry") without a
citation. The regenerated list matches the ten tables upstream lists
with their P95 row counts.
* `SetLoadFields` guidance had been augmented with an extra mechanism
claim ("the database resolves the filter using the index without
hydrating the value") not present in upstream.
Approach: full regeneration of `microsoft/knowledge/` from the six
upstream BCApps Code Review instruction files, with Microsoft Learn /
the AL language reference as a secondary source. Every claim in every
regenerated file is anchored to a verbatim upstream quote (or a Learn
URL); the audit trail lives in artifacts/trace-<domain>.json on the
session workspace.
The PR #11 transaction/error-handling cluster is preserved verbatim:
* performance/understand-implicit-transaction-boundary.md
* performance/codeunit-run-as-atomic-sub-operation.{md,good.al,bad.al}
* performance/codeunit-run-requires-prior-commit-inside-transaction.{md,good.al,bad.al}
* performance/use-tryfunction-for-error-catching-not-rollback.{md,good.al,bad.al}
* performance/avoid-commit-inside-loops.{md,good.al,bad.al}
* security/commitbehavior-attribute-scopes-explicit-commits.{md,good.al,bad.al}
* testing/transactionmodel-attribute-governs-test-transactions.{md,good.al,bad.al}
These articles already cite Microsoft Learn and were carefully
cross-referenced; the regeneration skips their topics rather than
duplicating them.
File counts after regeneration:
performance 35 .md (5 preserved + 30 new)
privacy 17 .md
security 18 .md (1 preserved + 17 new)
style 33 .md
testing 1 .md (preserved)
ui 19 .md
upgrade 18 .md
Total 141 atomic knowledge files, each strictly one rule. All pass
.github/scripts/validate_frontmatter.py with 0 errors and 0 warnings.
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bc-version: [all]
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domain: privacy
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keywords: [data-classification, table-level, inheritance, override, cascading]
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technologies: [al]
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countries: [w1]
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application-area: [all]
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# Table-level DataClassification cascades to every field unless overridden
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## Description
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`DataClassification` may be set at the table level. When it is, every field in the table inherits that classification and individual fields do not need their own `DataClassification` property. The cascade is the platform's intended way of classifying tables whose fields are homogeneous — for example, a system configuration log whose every column is `SystemMetadata`. A field only needs its own classification when its content genuinely differs from the table's default and the inherited value would be wrong.
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## Best Practice
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Set `DataClassification` once at the table level whenever every field in the table shares the same classification. Omit field-level `DataClassification` properties in that case. Override only on the specific fields whose data class differs from the table's — for example, a `SystemMetadata` audit table that nonetheless captures a `CustomerContent` value somewhere.
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See sample: `table-level-data-classification-cascades.good.al`.
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## Anti Pattern
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Flagging individual fields for "missing `DataClassification`" when the table declares one — the inheritance is the correct, intentional pattern. The mirror anti-pattern is repeating the same `DataClassification` on every field of a table that already declares it at the table level; the property is redundant and adds nothing the platform did not already know.
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