Automizing Data Download from an Infoprovider to a Spreadsheet

Question

Hi ,
I have some Infoproviders with transaction data in it. I need to do the following.
1) All fields in each InfoProvider should be exported and included in the flat file. 
2) This Flat file needs to be stored on a server.
3)  A process chain should incorporate this to automize the above process. 
Regards
Arjun

Answer 1

Hi Arjun,
          Have this
Creating InfoSpokes
Procedure
       1.      In the main menu of the Administrator Workbench, choose Tools ® Open Hub Service ® Edit InfoSpoke Enter a technical name for your InfoSpoke. You can also select a template.
       2.      Choose  Create InfoSpoke...
       3.      Enter a technical name for your InfoSpoke.
Tab Page: General
       4.      On the General tab page, select a data source. You can choose from an InfoCube, ODS objects, MultiProviders or InfoObjects (attributes or texts).
       5.      Select a destination. You can also enter the technical name of a destination that you are about to create.
       6.      Select an extraction mode. See InfoSpoke Extraction Mode.
       7.      Specify the number of rows per data package for the data records to be extracted. You can use this parameter to control the maximum size of a data package, and hence also how many main memories need to be made available to structure the data package.
Tab Page: Destination
       8.      Choose the Destination tab page and enter a description.
       9.      Select a Logical Target System.
   10.      Select one of the following destination types:
¡        Database table: For the settings Deleting the Table Before the Extraction and Technical Key, read Extraction to a Database Table. Using the indicator Notification to Third-Party Tools you also have the option of extracting data from a third-party tool. See also Extraction to Non-SAP Systems. Enter the name of the RFC destination for your third-party tool into the RFC Destination field. You can then display the parameter table for the third-party tool using Parameters.
¡        File (CSV). Either choose Application Server or specify a local directory; specify a delimiter of type Character. If you choose the application server as the storage for the file, you can select a Logical File Name or Logical File Name from the dropdown box. If you choose Logical File Name, you get to the transaction for creating logical file names by double clicking on the field for the file name. See Extraction to Flat Files.
Tab Page: InfoObjects
   11.      On the InfoObjects tab page, select the InfoObjects that need to be transferred. In doing so, the available fields are displayed in the right half of the screen, and you can transfer them into the left half of the screen by using the arrow keys.
The pushbutton Key Fields for the Table Start enables you to place key fields at the start of the field list. When extracting in database tables, it is necessary to extract such a field list. With flat files, you need to specify the field list sequence yourself.
Tab Page: Selection
   12.      From the Selection tab page, you can restrict the selected fields even further. As a restriction, only simple selections of single values and intervals are possible. After confirming you selection, you can also exclude single values or intervals via Selection Category. Do so by clicking only the icon  or  (included) and then switch to  or  (excluded). The default setting is Included.
Extraction of InfoCubes with non-cumulative key figures:
Set the filter value for 0RECORDTP (record type) to ‘1’. In this way, all markers are extracted that are in the compressed data from the InfoCube. You can extract non-cumulatives in which you compress the InfoCube in regular intervals and, afterwards, extract with 0RECORDTP = ‘1’.
Tab Page: Transformation
   13.      From the tab page Transformation, you can transform the data to be transferred using a BAdI. See InfoSpoke with Transformations using BAdI.
Activating and Executing InfoSpokes
   14.      Choose Activate InfoSpoke .
   15.      After successful activation, choose  Extraction in the Dialog Process. A status log is displayed.
If you do not want to start extraction straight away, that is, you want to schedule it, you need to include the InfoSpoke into a process chain. See also Including InfoSpokes in Process Chains.
Result
You have extracted data from an open hub data source into a database table or a flat CSV file.
For automizing u'r extraction
Including InfoSpokes in Process Chains
Use
If you want to automatically execute and schedule an InfoSpoke, you can include this as an application process in the procedure for a process chain. The scheduling of an extraction by using an InfoSpoke is only possible by using a process chain in its start process.
Prerequisites
You have created an InfoSpoke and have saved it as being active. If you extract the data to a file, the file has to be on the application server.  Extraction to a local file requires a GUI connection and cannot be executed in the background as is the case for a process chain.
Procedure
       1.      Call up the process chain maintenance. Choose  Process Chain Maintenance from the Administrator Workbench toolbar. The Process Chain Maintenance Planning View screen appears.
       2.      In the left-hand screen area of the required  display component, navigate to the process chain in which you want to insert your InfoSpoke. Double-click to select it. The system displays the process chain plan view in the right-hand side of the screen.
If no suitable process chain is available, you need to create a new process chain. You can find additional information under Creating a Process Chain.
       3.      To insert a process for extraction by means of an InfoSpoke, choose  Process Types in the left-hand area of the screen. The system now displays the process categories available.
       4.      In the process category Loading Process and Post Processing, choose the application process type  Data Export into External Systems.
       5.      Insert the Data Export into External Systems application type with Drag&Drop into the process chain. The dialog box for inserting a process variant appears.
       6.      In the Process Variant field, enter the name of the InfoSpoke that you want to include in the process chain, or select it by means of the input help.
       7.      Proceed further as described in Creating Process Chains.
Result
You have included your InfoSpoke in a process chain. As soon as you activate the process chain, the extraction starts according to your specifications in the start process.
Example
The following graphic illustrates an example of how a process chain is used to include an InfoSpoke. The processes for deleting and building indexes are optional, because they help to improve performance.