Why is creation of a service notification using BAPI not working?

Question

I need to create a service notification.
I have found 2 BAPIs.
BAPI_SERVICENOTIFICAT_CREATE
BAPI_SERVNOT_CREATE
The code below using the second BAPI is not creating a notification and the return parm does not have any errors.
You can see it does a call to commit after the BAPI call
Perhaps I am missing something critical in the parms.
We are trying to creat a service type notification using equipment.
DATA ls_notif_h TYPE bapi2080_nothdri.
data ls_notif_e type BAPI2080_NOTHDRE.
DATA lt_return  TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF bapiret2.
DATA ls_return  LIKE LINE OF lt_return.
ls_notif_h-equipment = '10000044'.
CALL FUNCTION 'BAPI_SERVNOT_CREATE'
  EXPORTING
  EXTERNAL_NUMBER          =
    notif_type               = 'S3'
    notifheader              = ls_notif_h
  TASK_DETERMINATION       = ' '
  SENDER                   =
  ORDERID                  =
IMPORTING
    NOTIFHEADER_EXPORT       = ls_notif_e
TABLES
  NOTITEM                  =
  NOTIFCAUS                =
  NOTIFACTV                =
  NOTIFTASK                =
  NOTIFPARTNR              =
  LONGTEXTS                =
  KEY_RELATIONSHIPS        =
    return                   = lt_return
IF lt_return IS INITIAL.
  COMMIT WORK AND WAIT.
  write: / ls_notif_e-NOTIF_NO.
ELSE.
  LOOP AT lt_return INTO   ls_return.
    WRITE:/ 'errors'.
   ls_return.
  ENDLOOP.
Thanks.
Scott

Answer 1

Try this way
CALL FUNCTION 'BAPI_SERVNOT_CREATE'
EXPORTING
* EXTERNAL_NUMBER =
notif_type = 'S3'
notifheader = ls_notif_h
* TASK_DETERMINATION = ' '
* SENDER =
* ORDERID =
IMPORTING
NOTIFHEADER_EXPORT = ls_notif_e
TABLES
* NOTITEM =
* NOTIFCAUS =
* NOTIFACTV =
* NOTIFTASK =
* NOTIFPARTNR =
* LONGTEXTS =
* KEY_RELATIONSHIPS =
return = lt_return
* IF lt_return IS INITIAL.                                               " <<< Comment this lie
read table  lt_return into ls_return with key type = 'E'. " << Change
if sy-subrc ne 0.                                                             " << Change
COMMIT WORK AND WAIT.
write: / ls_notif_e-NOTIF_NO.
ELSE.
LOOP AT lt_return INTO ls_return.
WRITE:/ 'errors'.
* ls_return.
ENDLOOP.
endif.
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