Error when setting user's default project via the API

Products

• Rally SaaS
• Rally On-Premise

Issue/Introduction

When trying to set a user's default project via WSAPI, the following error is seen in the response:

Validation error: User.profile.defaultProject /project/<PROJECT_OID> is an invalid value

 

Environment

Release : SAAS

Component :

Cause

This can be caused when trying to set a default project that the user does not already have access to.

Resolution

First ensure that the user has access to the target project prior to making the update to the users DefaultProject