ALV Export to Excel

Question

Does anyone know the row/column limit on exporting an ALV grid to Excel?  I am getting a message that "list object is too large to be exported".

Answer 1

Hi Janet,
Please find the following SAP Note 700206.
Symptom
Excel export gives error "List object is too large to be exported" when a large list object is exported. This message comes only on usage of function module XXL_FULL_API for Export to Excel functionality.
Other terms
Excel Export, XXL Export, i_oi_spreadsheet, Size Limit,
Reason and Prerequisites
Older technology used and old MS Office release has limitaion of exporting only 16384 lines of data. This change is valid only for the SAP R3 release higher than 4.6C and MS Office release higher than Office 97.
On The pop-up dialog "Export list object to XXL" with three options
"Excel SAP macros", "Table" and "Pivot table", this change is valid only
for "Table" and "Pivot table" option and not for "Excel SAP macros".
Choice of "Excel SAP macros" option is not linked with this change for any R3 relaese.
This correction is done in function module XXL_FULL_API and is only valid when XXL_FULL_API is called for Exporting the list to Excel.
Solution
Increased the Max Size Limit to 65536 rows and 256 columns. For Table and Pivot Table option of Excel Export. This change is available for office integration technology only and no adaption is possible to old SAP
Macros. Import the relevant ABAP patch.
NOTE: If you Export a Large list object there could be a performance problem and the same will be dirctly proportional to the amount of DATA (size of list object) Exported. The Maximum limits with XXL Export: Number of Rows - 65536. Number of Columns - 256. Size of individual cell - 255 Characters.
Hope this will help.
Regards,
Ferry Lianto