Rally - WSAPI: Error "Cannot find object to read"

Products

• CA Agile Central On Premise (Rally)
• CA Agile Central SaaS (Rally)

Issue/Introduction

When accessing a specific work item in the Rally Web Services API (WSAPI) the error "Cannot find object to read" is seen in the Errors section of the response.

Cause

This error can be caused for the following reasons

• The item being accessed has been deleted
• The item belongs to a project that the user does not have access to
• An invalid object ID has been passed

Resolution

To resolve this error, ensure you are specifying a valid Object ID in the URL, or grant the required access to the project if the error is due to a permissions issue.