BAPI call with Business Connector

Hi all,
we encountered the problem, that a business connector call to a BAPI with all return parameters and tables set to "opitonal" will deliver no result.
Has anyone expirienced the same ? Any solutions ?
Thanks
Elko

Thanks,
i allready thought of solution 1. If we use a standard BAPI, I can create a wrapper BAPI, that just calls the standard BAPI and unceck the attribute "optional" in interface description.
But i am not really sure what you mean with solution to. Could you please explain in more detail.
Elko

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Edited by: Ambarish annapureddy on May 19, 2011 12:48 PM

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