server/AyaNova/biz/UserBiz.cs

@@ -735,6 +735,10 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
 
                         //Copy values 
                         User i = new User();
+                        
+                        //default owner id is manager account in RAVEN
+                        i.OwnerId=1;
+
                         i.Name = j["FirstName"].Value<string>() + " " + j["LastName"].Value<string>();
                         var Temp = j["UserType"].Value<int>();
                         i.UserType = (UserType)Temp;
@@ -782,11 +786,14 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                         }
 
                         //User options
+                        i.UserOptions=new UserOptions(i.OwnerId);
 
                         //TimeZone Offset
-                        var tzo = j["TimeZoneOffset"].Value<decimal>();
+                        //Note: can be null value if not set so need to check for that here specially
+                        var tzo = j["TimeZoneOffset"].Value<decimal?>() ?? 0;                       
                         i.UserOptions.TimeZoneOffset = tzo;
 
+
                         //Email address
                         i.UserOptions.EmailAddress = j["EmailAddress"].Value<string>();
 

server/AyaNova/models/User.cs

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Models
 
         public User()
         {
-            Tags = new List<string>();
+            Tags = new List<string>();           
         }
 
     }