Download the file

Question

How to download the report output to the specified file
Edited by: Anil Reddy on Dec 19, 2007 9:35 AM

Answer 1

Hi Anil,
There are different ways to do this. There is the ALV option that comes with the ability to download into spreadsheet format, and you can also use OLE to run Excel & create a spreadsheet. Since it is a report you asked about, ALV is the more logical way to go.
OR
standard SAP functionality: (from the menu) System --> List --> Save -->Local File choose excel format.
or you can use the function module - GUI_DOWNLOAD for downloading the file to the presentations server.
Here i am copying a sample code for downloading a file using
GUI_DOWNLOAD.
This code download the data from table kna1 to a text file along the
header data.
TABLES:  KNA1.
PARAMETERS:  STATE LIKE KNA1-REGIO .
TYPES:       BEGIN OF OUTREC,
             KUNNR LIKE KNA1-KUNNR,
             REGIO  LIKE KNA1-REGIO,
             TELF1  LIKE KNA1-TELF1,
          END OF OUTREC.
TYPES:
BEGIN OF ty_output,
name TYPE dbfieldnam,
END OF ty_output.
DATA:
lt_dbfield TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF dbfield WITH HEADER LINE,
lt_output TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF ty_output WITH HEADER LINE.
CALL FUNCTION 'DB_GET_TABLE_FIELDS'
EXPORTING
field_info = 'A'
tabname = 'KNA1'
IMPORTING
SUBRC =
TABLES
dbfields = lt_dbfield.
LOOP AT lt_dbfield.
lt_output-name = lt_dbfield-name.
APPEND lt_output.
ENDLOOP.
DATA:     OUT_ITAB TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF OUTREC
             INITIAL SIZE 10 WITH HEADER LINE,
       IN_ITAB TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF OUTREC
             INITIAL SIZE 10 WITH HEADER LINE.
SELECT * FROM KNA1 WHERE REGIO = STATE.
     MOVE-CORRESPONDING KNA1 TO OUT_ITAB.
     APPEND OUT_ITAB.
ENDSELECT.
CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_DOWNLOAD'
  EXPORTING
  BIN_FILESIZE                    =
    FILENAME                        =  'C:\XYZ.TXT'
   FILETYPE                        = 'ASC'
   APPEND                          = 'X'
   WRITE_FIELD_SEPARATOR           = 'X'
   HEADER                          = '00'
  TRUNC_TRAILING_BLANKS           = ' '
  WRITE_LF                        = 'X'
  COL_SELECT                      = ' '
  COL_SELECT_MASK                 = ' '
  DAT_MODE                        = ' '
  CONFIRM_OVERWRITE               = ' '
  NO_AUTH_CHECK                   = ' '
  CODEPAGE                        = ' '
  IGNORE_CERR                     = ABAP_TRUE
  REPLACEMENT                     = '#'
  WRITE_BOM                       = ' '
  TRUNC_TRAILING_BLANKS_EOL       = 'X'
  WK1_N_FORMAT                    = ' '
  WK1_N_SIZE                      = ' '
  WK1_T_FORMAT                    = ' '
  WK1_T_SIZE                      = ' '
IMPORTING
  FILELENGTH                      =
  TABLES
    DATA_TAB                        =  OUT_ITAB
   FIELDNAMES                    =   lt_output
   EXCEPTIONS
  FILE_WRITE_ERROR                = 1
  NO_BATCH                        = 2
  GUI_REFUSE_FILETRANSFER         = 3
  INVALID_TYPE                    = 4
  NO_AUTHORITY                    = 5
  UNKNOWN_ERROR                   = 6
  HEADER_NOT_ALLOWED              = 7
  SEPARATOR_NOT_ALLOWED           = 8
  FILESIZE_NOT_ALLOWED            = 9
  HEADER_TOO_LONG                 = 10
  DP_ERROR_CREATE                 = 11
  DP_ERROR_SEND                   = 12
  DP_ERROR_WRITE                  = 13
  UNKNOWN_DP_ERROR                = 14
  ACCESS_DENIED                   = 15
  DP_OUT_OF_MEMORY                = 16
  DISK_FULL                       = 17
  DP_TIMEOUT                      = 18
  FILE_NOT_FOUND                  = 19
  DATAPROVIDER_EXCEPTION          = 20
  CONTROL_FLUSH_ERROR             = 21
  OTHERS                          = 22
IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.
MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
        WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
ENDIF.
Reward points if useful.
Regards
Manoj Kumar