setting requestedFor and requestedBy when queuing a build through API

Question

hi,

I'm trying to use this API - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/azure/devops/build/builds/queue?view=azure-devops-rest-7.1 to queue a build fr pipeline B from another pipeline A. I would like to set requestedBy and requestedFor when this build is queued. I tried passing these in request body
{
"definition": {
"id": some-id
},
"requestedFor": {
"displayName": "some-name"
}
}
In the build pipeline B that was queued, I printed the below value: $(Build.RequestedFor)
but I always see the dispslay name of the user I used when i made the API request. How do i override this to a user i want?

Answer 1

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