Rally - WSAPI: Query work items in closed projects

Products

• Rally On-Premise
• Rally SaaS

Issue/Introduction

How does one query the Web Services API (WSAPI) for data in closed projects?

Cause

Unable to query any stories, defects, portfolio items, or any information from closed projects - it's simply not showing up.

Resolution

There is currently no way to query for data in closed projects via WSAPI. If you know the ObjectID of a closed project you can directly read it, but that's the only way.
For example: https://rally1.rallydev.com/slm/webservice/v2.0/project/<PROJECT_OID>

The only way to retrieve work item information from closed projects via WSAPI is to re-open the closed project temporarily, obtain the needed reporting, and then close them. WSAPI queries are scoped to open projects only to optimize performance. 

Another option is to leverage the Lookback API (LBAPI) to query on a snapshot of data. Learn more about LBAPI at https://rally1.rallydev.com/analytics/doc/#/manual
Learn more about closed projects at https://communities.ca.com/thread/241789993-what-are-closed-projects. 

If the user is only looking for a list and it doesn't have to be through the API, they can navigate to the Workspace Admin page then select Projects from the menu on the left.  At this point if you only wanted closed projects you could filter on them.  I expanded all projects and did a copy and paste into an Excel Worksheet.  The total number of Projects in the filter is visible at the bottom of the Workspace/Project Page

Additional Information

agile central, call, open projects, active projects, artifacts, WS API