Converting XLS to SAP

Question

Why do we use TEXT_CONVERT_XLS_TO_SAP??????? what exactly this FM perform???????????

Answer 1

Hi,
ABAP code for uploading an Excel document into an internal table. See code below for structures. The code is based on uploading a simple Excel spreadsheet or for an actual Excel file click here.
There are also a couple of alternatives which use fucntion modules ‘KCD_EXCEL_OLE_TO_INT_CONVERT’
and ‘ALSM_EXCEL_TO_INTERNAL_TABLE’ but the method below is by far the simplest method to use.
*: Description :
*: This is a simple example program to get data from an excel :
*: file and store it in an internal table. :
*: Author : www.sapdev.co.uk, based on code from Jayanta :
*: SAP Version : 4.7 :
REPORT zupload_excel_to_itab.
TYPE-POOLS: truxs.
PARAMETERS: p_file TYPE rlgrap-filename.
TYPES: BEGIN OF t_datatab,
col1(30) TYPE c,
col2(30) TYPE c,
col3(30) TYPE c,
END OF t_datatab.
DATA: it_datatab type standard table of t_datatab,
wa_datatab type t_datatab.
DATA: it_raw TYPE truxs_t_text_data.
At selection screen
AT SELECTION-SCREEN ON VALUE-REQUEST FOR p_file.
CALL FUNCTION ‘F4_FILENAME’
EXPORTING
field_name = ‘P_FILE’
IMPORTING
file_name = p_file.
*START-OF-SELECTION.
START-OF-SELECTION.
CALL FUNCTION ‘TEXT_CONVERT_XLS_TO_SAP’
EXPORTING
I_FIELD_SEPERATOR =
i_line_header = ‘X’
i_tab_raw_data = it_raw ” WORK TABLE
i_filename = p_file
TABLES
i_tab_converted_data = it_datatab[] “ACTUAL DATA
EXCEPTIONS
conversion_failed = 1
OTHERS = 2.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno
WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
ENDIF.
END-OF-SELECTION.
END-OF-SELECTION.
LOOP AT it_datatab INTO wa_datatab.
WRITE:/ wa_datatab-col1,
wa_datatab-col2,
wa_datatab-col3.
ENDLOOP.