If API Alias ID was modified, error is thrown: API-1005 : Attribute(s) specified in query parameters are not supported or secured

Products

• Clarity PPM On Premise
• Clarity PPM SaaS

Issue/Introduction

The Projects Board view throws the below error if the API Attribute ID has been updated for the attribute that sorts the Board columns

Error: API-1005 : Attribute(s) 'z_my_lkp' specified in query parameters are not supported or secured

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:

1. Create a static list lookup "My lookup" with a couple of values A and B
2. On Studio > Objects > Project object > Attributes tab
3. Create a lookup type attribute
   Provide API Attribute ID: z_my_lkp
4. Go to Modern UX > Projects
5. Go to the Board View > View Options
6. Select the lookup attribute created as Columns
7. The Boards get aligned correctly.
8. Go back to the attribute on the project object in Studio
9. Change the API Attribute ID from z_my_lkp to z_my_lkp_new
10. On the MUX go back to the Projects Board view

Expected Results: The board view to load correctly.

Actual Results: An error is thrown: API-1005 : Attribute(s) 'z_my_lkp' specified in query parameters are not supported or secured

Environment

Release: 15.9.x, 16.x

Cause

This is caused by DE62942

Resolution

DE62942 in version 16.1

Workaround: Customers below 16.1, Change the API Attribute ID back to its original value, if known. Do not change the API Attribute ID value on other Static List Lookups that can be used on a Board layout. 

Additional Information

See also:

• Projects known issues for Clarity
• API errors - known causes for Clarity