Error converting Idea to Project due to 'Required Attribute' rule

Products

• Clarity PPM SaaS
• Clarity PPM On Premise

Issue/Introduction

When converting idea to project, an error is thrown: API-1019 and this error in logs:

ERROR 2026-04-16 08:46:40,643 [http-nio-8082-exec-549] ppm.rest (clarity:xxxxxxxxx:114755042__4F6F6CE2-E6E4-4935-88A7-D45221530D8E:PPM_REST_API) (1f40be2e-09dc-4d91-97cf-7966f13116c5) ConvertIdeaFunctionResource ::  Exception occured while executing 'Required Attribute' rule while creating 'project' instance from project template.
ERROR 2026-04-16 08:46:40,644 [http-nio-8082-exec-549] ppm.rest (clarity:xxxx:114755042__4F6F6CE2-E6E4-4935-88A7-D45221530D8E:PPM_REST_API) (1f40be2e-09dc-4d91-97cf-7966f13116c5) 

ERROR 2026-04-16 08:48:36,592 [http-nio-8082-exec-580] cache.SecurityDomainsCache (clarity:xxxxxx:114755042__4F6F6CE2-E6E4-4935-88A7-D45221530D8E:PPM_REST_API) (a2e08755-814d-4fb8-aa65-bf20c0e8562b) Failed to parse following malformed url entered by user : ./../../../../niku/nu#action:pma.ideaProperties&odf_code=idea&odf_view=idea.test_attachments &id=$
java.net.MalformedURLException: no protocol: ./../../../../niku/nu#action:pma.ideaProperties&odf_code=idea&odf_view=idea.test_attachments &id=$

Environment

Clarity 16.3.3, 16.4.1

Resolution

• ConvertIdeaFunctionResource :: Exception occured while executing 'Required Attribute' rule while creating 'project' instance from project template.
• When the system tries to convert the Idea to a Project, it copies attributes to a new Project instance and validates it. An ODFValidationException is being thrown here because of a business rule (most likely a "Required Attribute" rule) failing during the creation of the Project. For instance, the Project template might require a specific attribute that wasn't copied from the Idea or is missing entirely.
• Check for anything you've added recently as a rule and disable it