Downloading Spool of a report scheduld in background on Appllication server

Dear Experts,
I have a requiremnt as below.
1. A simple ABAP report is scheduled to run in the background daily.
2. This report is simple classical report.
3. Once the job is run successfully, the report output will be generated in the spool.
Now the requirement is to transport the spool output to the application server (unix-AL11)
awaiting your help and kind op-operation to meet this challenge.
Regards,
Nuri.

Use the Function RSPO_RETURN_SPOOLJOB , for this pass the spool number, and get the report spooljob into a table BUFER, pass this table to application server using the Open dataset and Transfer .

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Creation of Spool for a Report Output in background.

Hi Gurus,
I am working on a Report and my requirement is that a Spool should be Generated for the Report Output in background. Instead of generating the spool manually, I need it to be generated in background.
Please let me know ASAP.
Regards,
Amit.

Get print parameters using 'GET_PRINT_PARAMETERS'.
DATA : rep LIKE pri_params-plist,
w_title TYPE tsp01-rqtitle,
mstr_print_parms LIKE pri_params.
CALL FUNCTION 'GET_PRINT_PARAMETERS'
    EXPORTING destination           = 'LP01'
              copies                = 1
              list_name             = rep
              list_text             = w_title
              immediately           = 'X'
              release               = 'X'
              new_list_id           = 'X'
              expiration            = 1
              line_size             = 132
              line_count            = 65
              layout                = 'X_65_132'
              sap_cover_page        = 'X'
              cover_page            = ' '
              receiver              = sy-uname
              department            = 'System'
              no_dialog             = 'X'
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valid = mc_valid.
and then use submit statement-
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zp1012_ar_rep_vendstat
TO SAP-SPOOL
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WITH s_lifnr IN s_lifnr
WITH p_bukrs eq p_bukrs
WITH s_gjahr eq p_gjahr SIGN 'I'
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Download SPOOL to an internal table in Background

Hello,
I want to Download the Spool to an internal table, but in Background, the functions
RSPO_RETURN_SPOOLJOB
RSPO_RETURN_ABAP_SPOOLJOB
don't work.
Does anybody know another function or way to do it?
Thank you very much,
Maite.

Hello,
Thanks for your help but I'm afraid it doesn't work...
In my system the function SO_SPOOL_READ doesn't exists... It might be obsolete.
The function RSPO_DOWNLOAD_SPOOLJOB doesn't work in Background... it sends a message xxx bytes transferred and cancels the job. and the file it is not created.
I don't know why these RSPO functions work in different way in background...
Maite.

Download spool and convert it to pdf in background job

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RSTXPDFT4 works fine for me if i want to convert spools to pdf files in foreground mode.
If i want to do this in background mode as a daily job i am not able to use RSTXPDFT4.
With report RSTXPDFT5 i am able to download in background as binary data but not as pdf.
So, i want to download spools to network shared folder in pdf formaat.
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If i use GUI_DOWNLOAD which is used in this function than i have to be loged on and file is saved in my sapworkdir on my computer and not on networh share.
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Page breaks appear in the spool output of report when run in the background

Hi All,
Report is using fm 'REUSE_ALV_GRID_DISPLAY' to display the report. parameters passed to this fm for display are :it_fieldcat,is_layout,it_events,t_outtab.
Page breaks appear in the spool output when report is run in the background.These page breaks needs to be removed. When executed in the background, the excel extract should be the same as if pulling directly from the report itself.
How to remove the page breaks in background?
Thanks & Regards,
Abhishek Singh

Hi
You can use the below code , which the reprt run in background. If you run the report in background thenyou need to use 'REUSE_ALV_LIST_DISPLAY'
if sy-batch = ' '.
call 'REUSE_ALV_GRID_DISPLAY'.
else.
call 'REUSE_ALV_LIST_DISPLAY'.
endif.
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CALL METHOD cl_gui_alv_grid=>offline
RECEIVING e_offline = off.
IF off IS INITIAL.
CREATE OBJECT g_custom_container
EXPORTING container_name = g_container.
ENDIF.
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Creating spool for ALV report in background

Hi,
Can we create a spool request if we run in background/forgorund? please help me..
I am very much thankful for your quick responses.

Yes we can create it. Execute the report in background using SM36 and then u can view the output using SM35 or the spool request number and tcode SP01.
I hope it helps.
Best Regards,
Vibha
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Eliminate page heading in the spool of ALV report

Hi,
We are running the ALV report in the background, and when we view the spool
the page heading and the column heading is displayed for all the pages, Is there some way to
eliminate this.
The download from the on-line exec is fine,but the download from the spool includes the column
headings for each page. Is there some way to check if the ALV report is run in the batch mode
and to disable the heading from Page 2 to N.
Appreciate any input.
Thank you
Lalitha

Hi,
I need to avoid the column headings also, I need the heading in the first page, but not on the subsequent pages.
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What is the spool, what is its role in background job scheduling

Hi,
I want to know what is meant by Spool request and spool number generated.
Tell about transaction SP01.
How it is linked to Background job scheduling.
thanks.
sam.

Hi,
Refer this link.
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/inf?rid=/library/uuid/7a5f4061-0a01-0010-c9bc-a4e4cb100438
About SP01.
Printing does not work in SAP. There is a printer definition for your local printer, but it does not work. Presuming that you use the program SAPLPD on your computer.
Boot your computer and start only the SAPLogon and the SAPLpd program.
Delete all of your old print jobs in the SAP system (Transaction SP01).Generate only one new print job.
Check that there is enough resource in your computer. Check the free memory (Win 3.1x) and the free disk space (The lists are temporarily saved on your disk).
Open the SAPLPD and read the print log in the window. The printer definition must correspond with the parameters shown here.
Check that the standard printer is on the same lpt (Win 3.1: Control panel, Printer) as defined for the printer (usually lpt1).
In Transaction SP01 read the protocol of your print job. Do not generate new print jobs! Wait till the SAP system changes the status of the print job.
If you can not find the print job in SP01 anymore, then the print job was successfully printed out. If it didn't come out on your printer and the SAPLpd didn't indicate an incoming print job, then the connection was realised with another PC. Then SAP printer definition you used, does not correspond with your computer.
Scheduling Background Jobs:
1.        Background jobs are scheduled by Basis administrators using transaction SM36.
2.        To run a report in a background, a job needs to be created with a step using the report name
and a variant for selection parameters. It is recommended to create a separate variant for each
scheduled job to produce results for specific dates (e.g. previous month) or organizational units (e.g.
company codes).
3.        While defining the step, the spool parameters needs to be specified
(Step-> Print Specifications->Properties) to secure the output of the report and help authorized users
to find the spool request. The following parameters needs to be maintained:
a.        Time of printing: set to u201CSend to SAP spooler Only for nowu201D
b.        Name u2013 abbreviated name to identify the job output
c.        Title u2013 free form description for the report output
d.        Authorization u2013 a value defined by Security in user profiles to allow those users to access
this spool request (authorization object S_SPO_ACT, value SPOAUTH). Only users with matching
authorization value in their profiles will be able to see the output.
e.        Department u2013 set to appropriate department/functional area name. This field can be used in
a search later.
f.        Retention period u2013 set to u201CDo not deleteu201D if the report output needs to be retained for more
than 8 days. Once the archiving/document repository solution is in place the spool requests could
be automatically moved to the archive/repository. Storage Mode parameter on the same screen
could be used to immediately send the output to archive instead of creating a spool request.
Configuring user access:
1.        To access a report output created by a background job, a user must have at
least access to SP01 (Spool requests) transaction without restriction on the user
name (however by itself it will not let the user to see all spool requests). To have
that access the user must have S_ADMI_FCD authorization object in the profile with
SPOR (or SP01) value of S_ADMI_FCD parameter (maintained by Security).
2.        To access a particular jobu2019s output in the spool, the user must have
S_SPO_ACT object in the profile with SPOAUTH parameter matching the value used
in the Print Specifications of the job (see p. 3.d above).
3.        Levels of access to the spool (display, print once, reprint, download, etc) are
controlled by SPOACTION parameter of S_SPO_ACT. The user must have at least
BASE access (display).
On-line reports:
1.        Exactly the same configuration can be maintained for any output produced
from R/3. If a user clicks u201CParametersu201D button on a SAP Printer selection dialog, it
allows to specify all the parameters as described in p. 3 of
u201CScheduling background jobsu201D section. Thus any output created by an online report
can be saved and accessed by any user authorized to access that spool request
(access restriction provided by the Authorization field of the spool request
attributes, see p. 3.d of u201CScheduling background jobsu201D section).
Access to reportu2019s output:
1.        A user that had proper access (see Configuring user access above) can
retrieve a job/report output through transaction SP01.
2.        The selection screen can be configured by clicking u201CFurther selection
criteriau2026u201D button (e.g. to bring u201CSpool request name (suffix 2)u201D field or hide other
fields).
3.        The following fields can be used to search for a specific output (Note that
Created By must be blank when searching for scheduled jobu2019s outputs)
a.        Spool request name (suffix 2) u2013 corresponds to a spool name in p. 3.b in
u201CScheduling background jobsu201D section above).
b.        Date created u2013 to find an output of a job that ran within a certain date range.
c.        Title u2013 corresponds to spool Title in p. 3.c in u201CScheduling background jobsu201D
section above).
d.        Department - corresponds to spool Department in p. 3.e in u201CScheduling
background jobsu201D section above).
4.        Upon entering selection criteria, the user clicks the Execute button   to
retrieve the list of matching spool requests.
5.        From the spool list the user can use several function such as view the
content of a spool request, print the spool request, view attributed of the spool
request, etc. (some functions may need special authorization, see p.3 in
Configuring user access)
a.        Click the Print button   to print the spool request with the default attributes
(usually defined with the job definition). It will print it on a printer that was
specified when a job was created.
b.        Click the u201CPrint with changed attributedu201D button   to print the spool request
with the different attributes (e.g. changing the printer name).
c.        Click the u201CDisplay contentsu201D button   to preview the spool request contents. A
Print    and Download   functions are available from the preview mode.
Exporting the Contents of a Spool Request
Use
You want to export the contents of a spool request as a text file to the SAP GUI working directory or to a directory of your choice. The content of the spool request is downloaded as plain text without, for example, graphics, images, or specific fonts.
The following procedures are irrelevant for the PDF-based form printing integrated as of SAP Web Application Server 6.40, since the print data can be opened and stored as a PDF. See also Displaying and Printing PDF-Based Forms.
Procedure
Exporting to the SAP GUI Working Directory:
Choose Spool Request ® Forward® Export as Text.
The entire text is stored in your SAP GUI working directory in ASCII format.
A file of this type is named using the following pattern:
.txt
Example: ABC0000004327.txt
You require appropriate authorization for this function.
Exporting to a Directory of Your Choice:
With this method of exporting a spool request, the content of the spool request is first displayed and you then download the screen list as a text file to the directory of your choice.
       1.      Select the spool request to be exported and choose Display Contents.
       2.      In the case of SAPScript/Smart Forms documents, activate list display by choosing Goto.
       3.      Choose System ® List ® Save ® Local File.
       4.      Choose one of the available formats and confirm your choice.
       5.      Choose a directory and save the spool request.
By default, only the first 10 pages of a spool request are saved in a file. You can increase the number of pages to be saved by choosing Goto ® Display Requests ® Settings and making the desired entries in the Display Area group box.

Ability to download Spool into Excel

Hi,
I have a requirement that the ALV report needs to be run in background with ability to download spool into excel .Can anyone please help in this regard.
Many Thanks,
Sharath

Hi,
First check whether the status of the job is Completed or Cancelled.
WHILE 1 = 1.
* GET THE JOB STEPLIST WHICH HAS THE SPOOL NUMBER
    CALL FUNCTION 'BP_JOB_READ'
      EXPORTING
        job_read_jobcount           = w_jobcount
        job_read_jobname            = w_jobname
        job_read_opcode             = '35'
*   JOB_STEP_NUMBER             =
     IMPORTING
       job_read_jobhead            = wa_jobhead
     TABLES
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* CHANGING
*   RET                         =
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     invalid_opcode              = 1
     job_doesnt_exist            = 2
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*      MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno
*              WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
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* READ THE JOBSTEPLIST & GET THE SPOOL NUMBER
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      EXIT.
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Best Regards,
Sunil.

Download Spool Asset History List

Hi Gurus,
I would like to download the spool of Asset History List (S_ALR_87011990).
The standard download from SP01 isn't possible because the spool has many thousand pages.
Anybody have a idea how is possible to download this spool?
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It is a sever stress on the system. I would truncate the report into different parts (may be by asset class??) and run the report.
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Happy new Year Experts!!
I am working with Ad-hoc query and I run reports in the background. When I go to System > Own Spool Requests the status is always waiting. When I go to SM37 the status is complete. I can open the report from my own spools requests and it is completed.
Thanks.
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Jeanette

Go to SM36-> Own jobs - double click the job - Select Edit-Steps - DOuble click the step and check print specifications.
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Run the Report as a Background job and Get the Output in Excel in Local PC

Hello Gurus,
I have one following requirement.
One should be able to run the report as a background job and it should be possible to get the report in Excel format, also when running the report in background. The excel report should have the same information and look as the current SAPreport.
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GUI_* WS_* Function In Background, CSV Upload
GUI_* and WS_* function modules do not work in background
When scheduling a job in the background the appropriate statement to read in your file is OPEN DATASET, and the file must be on the file system that the SAP server can see.
At anytime, a user can switch of the Personal Computers even though the job is still running in the background. Therefore GUI_* and WS_* function modules are not designed to work in that way, as they need to access your personal computer file.
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*-- Open dataset for reading
DATA:
dsn(20) VALUE '/usr/test.dat',
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IF sy-subrc = 0.
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*-- Open dataset for writing
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TRANSFER rec TO '/usr/test.dat'.
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UPLOAD, WS_UPLOAD, GUI_UPLOAD, are used in BDC concepts. ie., Batch Data Communication.
Batch Data Conversion is a concept where user can transfer the Data from non SAP to SAP R/3. So , in these various Function Modules are used.
UPLOAD--- upload a file to the presentation server (PC)
WS_UPLOAD---- Load Files from the Presentation Server to Internal ABAP Tables.
WS means Work Station.
This is used upto SAP 4.6 version.
GUI_UPLOAD------- Replaces WS_UPLOAD. Upoad file from presentation server to the app server. From 4.7 SAP version it is replaced.
How to Upload csv file to SAP?
Common File Download Upload Questions:
How you upload the data from text file to sap internal table? From my knowledge its by upload or gui_upload.
How you download the data from sap internal table to text file?
How you upload the data from xls (excel) file to sap internal table how you download the data from sap internal table to xls(excel) file.
You can upload data from presentation server to an internal table using gui_upload. Use gui_download to download from internal table to flat file.
Use fm ALSM_EXCEL_TO_INTERNAL_TABLE to upload data frm excel.
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The FILETYPE refer to the type of file format you need: For e.g 'WK1' - Excel format , 'ASC' - Text Format etc.
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EXPORTING
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TABLES
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EXCEPTIONS
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 DISK_FULL = 15
 DP_TIMEOUT = 16
 OTHERS = 17.

Downloading spool in backgroun

Hi I am running a SAP query in background, which i send to the spool.
Can I download this spool at the sametime in the background mode. Or is there any atlernative.
Useful ans will be rewarded

Hi Kantheri
Though i havent tried, have just got a thought for you.
Try to code in Infoset via SQ02.
Try to get the spool number via system field: SPONO.
Then read the spool to an internal table via FM: RSPO_RETURN_SPOOLJOB
Now you can download this data to application server.
To remind again, it is just a thought please try and let us know the outcome.
Hope this helps....
Kind Regards
Eswar

ALV to spool display half report

Hi ,
I have generated ALV report which is working fine on foreground but when I execute this report in the background it shows half (some columns are missing) in the generated spool. I need to execute this report in background due to large amount of data. Is this due to the size exceeding more than 255 chars ?
If yes, is there any solution ?

Hi,
You have to configure the printer settings, consult basis people for the same. Also refer to the note as below:
ALV print : Print formatting in the background
SAP Note Number: 674348
Symptom
Wen you execute a report in the background with a preset printer, a default format is always transferred. In general, this format is too small for the ALV and the table is therefore truncated during printing.
If you would like to change this behavior, you have two options:
1. The format can be changed subsequently either directly in the print dialog box or in the spool display.
2. If you wish the list width to be recalculated, this modification must be implemented in the ALV.
Other terms
ALV Grid Control (CL_GUI_ALV_GRID), REUSE_ALV_GRID_DISPLAY, ALV print: Background, print, print formatting, format, ALV background: Background processing, in the background
Reason and Prerequisites
A print format that was transferred in the background was set as default.
Implementing note 669744 is a prerequisite.
Solution
Implement the source code corrections in accordance with the correction instructions. Then remove the * character in the following lines:
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           exporting
                name = 'LAYOUT'
               in_parameters = rs_pri_params
           importing
                out_parameters = rs_pri_params.
This note cannot be implemented using the Note Assistant. Customers must take this modification into consideration when implementing updates at a later stage.
Hope it helps.
Lokesh

Example program that creates downloadable spool

may you please provide me with an example program that creates downloadable spool (for reporting purposes) using function 'GET_PRINT_PARAMETERS'

Hi,
Check this,
https://forums.sdn.sap.com/click.jspa?searchID=5413366&messageID=869735
Thanks,
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