Deserialization Failed when testing BAPI exposed as a web service

[Former Member]

Hello, I have created a webservice by expoing BAPI_EQMT_MODIFY. I am planning on using this service to add partner information to an equipment from a .Net UI. When I test the service from the web service home page, I get an error message: "Deserialization Failed". The SOAP response looks as follows:

HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error

Set-Cookie: <value is hidden>

Set-Cookie: <value is hidden>

content-type: text/xml; charset=utf-8

content-length: 800

sap-srt_id: 20090303/162239/v1.00_final_6.40/DE08396C2AC45DF1AC700014C25948BD

server: SAP Web Application Server (1.0;700)

<soap-env:Envelope xmlns:soap-env="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"><soap-env:Body><soap-env:Fault><faultcode>soap-env:Client</faultcode><faultstring xml:lang="en">Deserialisation failed</faultstring><detail><n0:SimpleTransformationFault xmlns:n0="http://www.sap.com/transformation-templates"><MainName>/1BCDWB/WSSA04DD064E9E26505F40</MainName><ProgName>/1BCDWB/WSSA04DD064E9E26505F40</ProgName><Line>34 </Line><Valid>X</Valid><ReferenceFault><DescriptionText>Error accessing the ref. node '_EQUILOCATION'</DescriptionText><RefName>_EQUILOCATION</RefName></ReferenceFault><Caller><Class>CL_SRG_RFC_PROXY_CONTEXT</Class><Method>IF_SXML_PART~DECODE</Method><Positions>1 </Positions></Caller></n0:SimpleTransformationFault></detail></soap-env:Fault></soap-env:Body></soap-env:Envelope>

Please help resolving the issue. Also, if there is any other way of updating an equipment with partner information, please let me know.

Thank you very much in advance

[mvoros]

Hi,

have you checked OSS note 809901? It looks like your problem. If not have a look on service.sap.com there are some other OSS notes related to "Deserialization Failed".

Cheers