Create Deep Entity - Error "No valid source context supplied".

Question

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
- <error xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/metadata"> 
<code>CX_XSLT_RUNTIME_ERROR/EE1D984A671BED4AAD4D1BD10D509C75</code>  
<message xml:lang="en">No valid source context supplied</message>  
- <innererror> 
<transactionid>7795A2E3D43AF1FCB4BA42F2E933967A</transactionid>  
<errordetails />  
</innererror>
</error>
   Inner error message : " Deserialization of XML failed via transformation ''
_______________________________________XML FILE _________________________________________________
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<atom:entry
xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices"
xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/metadata">
<atom:content type="application/xml">
<m:properties>
<d:ParentQuestGuid>42F2E933967A1EE3A6C5C06CE7D414BA</d:ParentQuestGuid>
<d:ExternalID>CORRECATE_V08</d:ExternalID>
<d:Planstartdate>2014-01-31T00:00:00</d:Planstartdate>
<d:FinalDate>2014-02-28T00:00:00</d:FinalDate>
<d:Actualfinishtime>PT00H00M00S</d:Actualfinishtime>
</m:properties>
</atom:content>
<atom:link
rel="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/related/zpartners"
type="application/atom+xml;type=feed"
title="Z_V02_AUDIT_SRV.zcorrecact_2_partner">
<m:inline>
<atom:feed>
<atom:entry>
<atom:content type="application/xml">
<m:properties>
<d:REF_GUID m:null="true" />
<d:PARENT_GUID m:null="true" />
<d:EXTERNAL_ID m:null="true" />
<d:Role_Sortnr>1</d:Role_Sortnr>
<d:Role>52</d:Role>
<d:Partner_Role>BUP003</d:Partner_Role>
<d:PARTNER_GUID m:null="true" />
<d:Responsible_Name>102</d:Responsible_Name>
<d:SYUNAME m:null="true" />
<d:ROLE_TEXT m:null="true" />
<d:RESPONSIBLE_TEXT m:null="true" />
<d:LANGU_ISO m:null="true" />
</m:properties>
</atom:content>
</atom:entry>
</atom:feed>
</m:inline>
</atom:link>
</atom:entry>
___________ Tried using the following solutions yet unsuccessful ___________
  1) Cleared the cache
  /IWBEP/CACHE_CLEANUP
  /IWFND/CACHE_CLEANUP
  2) Checked all the Date fields for "Nullable", both at header and item entitys.
_________ not clear about my xml format _________________
  1) please check the xml format.  i read other blogs and feel it is correct.
   Regards,
  Nitin Koushik
[email protected]

Answer 1

Hi Nitin,
there seems to be an issue with the xml in the request body.
As an approach, you could try to send two separate requests, in order to check if the creation of the parent entity works and then use the specified link and check if the creation of the child entity works with the given xml. This could help to clarify which part of the xml is actually rejected
I've copied below the xml of a deep insert that works for me.
It is the request body of a POST request sent to the BusinessPartnerCollection of the service ZGWSAMPLE_SRV that can be found here:
https://sapes1.sapdevcenter.com/sap/opu/odata/sap/ZGWSAMPLE_SRV?sap-ds-debug=true
Hope it helps a bit.
Regards,
Carlos
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<entry xml:base="http:/.../sap/opu/odata/sap/ZGWSAMPLE_SRV/"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/metadata"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices">
<category term="ZGWSAMPLE_SRV.BusinessPartner"
scheme="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/scheme"/>
<link href="BusinessPartnerCollection('0100000002')/Contacts"
rel="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/related/Contacts"
type="application/atom+xml;type=feed"
title="Contacts">
   <m:inline>
    <feed xml:base="http://.../sap/opu/odata/sap/ZGWSAMPLE_SRV/">
     <entry>
      <category term="ZGWSAMPLE_SRV.Contact"
         scheme="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/scheme"/>
      <content type="application/xml">
       <m:properties>
        <d:BusinessPartnerID>0100000002</d:BusinessPartnerID>
        <d:Title/>
        <d:FirstName>Maria Julia</d:FirstName>
        <d:MiddleName/>
        <d:LastName>Brown</d:LastName>
        <d:Nickname>Mary</d:Nickname>
        <d:Initials/>
        <d:***>F</d:***>
        <d:PhoneNumber>3023352668</d:PhoneNumber>
        <d:FaxNumber/>
        <d:EmailAddress>[email protected]</d:EmailAddress>
        <d:Language>E</d:Language>
        <d:PostalCode>19899</d:PostalCode>
        <d:City>Wilmington, Delaware</d:City>
        <d:Street>1 2345 King Street</d:Street>
        <d:Building>1</d:Building>
        <d:Country>US</d:Country>
        <d:AddressType>02</d:AddressType>
       </m:properties>
      </content>
     </entry>
    </feed>
   </m:inline>
  </link>
  <content type="application/xml">
   <m:properties>
    <d:AddressType>02</d:AddressType>
    <d:Country>US</d:Country>
    <d:Street>1 2345 King Street</d:Street>
    <d:PostalCode>19899</d:PostalCode>
    <d:City>Wilmington, Delaware</d:City>
    <d:CurrencyCode>USD</d:CurrencyCode>
    <d:LegalForm>Ltd.</d:LegalForm>
    <d:CompanyName>DelBont Industries3</d:CompanyName>
    <d:BusinessPartnerID>0100000002</d:BusinessPartnerID>
    <d:BpRole>01</d:BpRole>
    <d:EmailAddress>[email protected]</d:EmailAddress>
   </m:properties>
  </content>
</entry>