Helix Core Cloud blocked and restricted commands

If your team subscribes to Helix Core Cloud, Perforce manages your Helix Core Server. As a Helix Core Cloud user, your administrative permissions are limited, and some commands are blocked or restricted.

To learn more about Helix Core Cloud, see the Helix Core Cloud Guide.

Blocked commands

Helix Core Cloud users receive an error message if they attempt to run a blocked command. For example, p4 obliterate //depot/... returns The command "obliterate" is not allowed in Helix Core Cloud. If you think it is necessary to run a blocked command, contact a Helix Core Cloud administrator.

p4 commands that start with:	Blocked commands
a	p4 add (graph), p4 aliases, p4 archive
b	p4 bgtask
c	p4 cachepurge, p4 client (graph), p4 clone
d	p4 dbschema, p4 dbstat, p4 dbverify, p4 delete (graph), p4 describe (graph), p4 diff (graph), p4 diff2 (graph), p4 dirs (graph)
e	p4 edit (graph), p4 export, p4 extension
f	p4 failback, p4 failover, p4 fetch, p4 filelog (graph), p4 files (graph), p4 fstat (graph)
h	p4 have (graph), p4 heartbeat
j	p4 journalcopy, p4 journaldbchecksums, p4 journals
l	p4 ldap, p4 ldaps, p4 ldapsync, p4 lock (graph), p4 logappend, p4 logparse, p4 logrotate, p4 logschema, p4 logtail
m	p4 merge (graph), p4 monitor
o	p4 obliterate, p4 opened (graph)
p	p4 ping, p4 print (graph), p4 proxy, p4 prune, p4 pull, p4 push
r	p4 reconcile (graph), p4 reload, p4 remote, p4 remotes, p4 replicate, p4 resolve (graph), p4 restore, p4 resubmit, p4 revert (graph)
s	p4 server, p4 serverid, p4 storage, p4 submit (graph), p4 switch (graph), p4 sync (graph)
t	p4 triggers
u	p4 unload, p4 unlock (graph), p4 unsubmit, p4 unzip, p4 upgrades
v	p4 verify

Restricted commands

Helix Core Cloud users receive an error message if they attempt to run a restricted command with an argument that is not allowed. For example, p4 configure history returns The command "configure history" is not allowed in Helix Core Cloud.

In the following, "reserved prefix" refers to the perforce and svc_ prefixes.

Command	Restriction
p4 admin	`p4 admin resetpassword -u user` is not allowed if the username has a reserved prefix. The following are allowed: `p4 admin dbstat -s`, `p4 admin lockstat`, and `p4 admin logstat`.
p4 branch	An `Owner` field cannot specify an entity whose name includes a reserved prefix.
p4 client	An `Owner` field cannot specify an entity whose name includes a reserved prefix. Client workspaces cannot be created, modified, or deleted if their name starts with a reserved prefix. A `Stream` field of a client cannot specify a depot whose name starts with a reserved prefix.
p4 configure	All Configurables are read-only, so only `p4 configure show` is allowed.
p4 counter	These counters cannot be modified: `journal`, `security`, `maxCommitChange`, `upgrade`, `monitor`, and `graphDepotRefcountState`. Counters cannot be created, modified, or deleted if their names start with a reserved prefix.
p4 dbstat	Only the `-s` option is allowed.
p4 depot	Depots cannot be created, modified, or deleted if their names start with a reserved prefix. A `Map` field cannot be changed from the default value that is set by the server. An `Owner` field cannot specify a name includes a reserved prefix.
p4 group	Groups cannot be created, modified, or deleted if their names start with a reserved prefix. An `Owners` field cannot specify a name with a reserved prefix. A `Users` field cannot specify a name with a reserved prefix. A `Subgroups` field cannot specify a name with a reserved prefix.
p4 key	Key/value pairs cannot be created, modified, or deleted if the key names start with a reserved prefix.
p4 license	Only the `-u` option is allowed.
p4 passwd	The passwords of users whose names start with a reserved prefix cannot be changed.
p4 property	Properties cannot be created, modified, or deleted if their names start with a reserved prefix.
p4 protect	The last three lines of the protections table cannot be changed.
p4 renameclient	Client workspace names that start with a reserved prefix cannot be renamed.
p4 renameuser	Users that start with a reserved prefix cannot be renamed.
p4 server	Servers are read-only, so only the `-o` option is allowed with a server ID.
p4 stream	Streams cannot be created, modified, or deleted if they belong to a depot with a reserved prefix. The `--obliterate` option is not supported. An `Owner` field cannot refer to an entity with a reserved prefix.
p4 triggers	Triggers are read-only, so only the `-o` option is allowed.
p4 user	Users cannot be created, modified, or deleted if their names start with a reserved prefix.