Error when specifying Nothing for a required parameter for SDK calls in VB.NET

Troubleshooting

Problem

The call cmService.add(spSingle, Nothing, ao) results in the following errors: CM-REQ-4342 The client did something wrong cmExpectedElementMissing CM-REQ-4121 The element "objects" is missing in element "add"

Symptom

Soap fault returned as determined from a SOAP trace:
<SOAP-ENV:Fault>
<faultcode>Client</faultcode>
<faultstring>CM-REQ-4342 The client did something wrong.</faultstring>
<detail>
<bus:exception>
<severity>error</severity>
<errorCode>cmExpectedElementMissing</errorCode>
<bus:message>
<messageString>CM-REQ-4121 The element "objects" is missing in element "add".</messageString>
</bus:message>
</bus:exception>
</detail>
</SOAP-ENV:Fault>

[{"Product":{"code":"SSEP7J","label":"Cognos Business Intelligence"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":"Software Development Kit","Platform":[{"code":"PF033","label":"Windows"}],"Version":"8.1","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB76","label":"Data Platform"}},{"Product":{"code":"SS6G84","label":"IBM Cognos Analytics on Cloud"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":" ","Platform":[{"code":"","label":""}],"Version":"","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB76","label":"Data Platform"}}]

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Historical Number

1029655

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Modified date:
08 May 2025

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