BAPI in Visual Composer

Dear all,
im using Visual composer 7.0 and trying to build an application for Real Estate.
when i goto BAPI transation in ECC 6.0 i can see my bapi
bapi_re_sc_create with diffirent input parametrs than those
appearing in the visual composer (input ports).
does this mean i have to raise a message to SAP or did
someone come through this error before ?
Regards,
Sami

Prachi,
i have made sure both system and client are same.
please if anyone has access to visual composer and transaction BAPI
check input ports for BAPI_RE_SR_CREATE in visual composer and in transaction BAPI select the filter all, and then select
Real estate Management --> Flexible real estate -->
RESearchRequestREFX --> Create.
check import parameters are they the same

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