Export data to Excel through a ABAP program run in batch mode

Question

Dear Experts,
  The requirement is that a ABAP report should run through background job, which will do the followiing :
   1) Collect data from predifined CRM tables ( Activity , Order for example ).
   2) Create a Excel file in a Application Server ( physical file server location ) location.
   3) Push the data collected in the step 1 to the Excel file.
   I have found 2 function modules which does the export to Excel after creating the Excel file. They are :
    a) XXL_FULL_API
    b) MS_EXCEL_OLE_STANDARD_DAT
   But it seems that the ABAP report needs to run in the foreground ( correct me if i am wrong ) in order to create the Excel file.
   Please can anyone suggest a possible ABAP code to achieve OR how to use these FMs in background mode ?
  The excel creation needs to be automated and send to a administrator email id every day, so the need of exporting the data in background mode arises.
Thanks and regards,
Sudipta

Answer 1

hi,
In SM36, you can create a job(give your report prog name)..
call the fun. module by storing all the values into final int. table it_data.
but u need to open one excel file in your desktop...
  v_file = 'C:\file.xls'.  " path should be like this...
CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_UPLOAD'
    EXPORTING
      filename                      = v_file
     filetype                      = 'xls'
  has_field_separator           = 'X'
  HEADER_LENGTH                 = 0
  read_by_line                  = 'X'
  DAT_MODE                      = ' '
  CODEPAGE                      = ' '
  IGNORE_CERR                   = ABAP_TRUE
  REPLACEMENT                   = '#'
  CHECK_BOM                     = ' '
  VIRUS_SCAN_PROFILE            =
IMPORTING
  FILELENGTH                    =
  HEADER                        =
    TABLES
      data_tab                      = it_data
EXCEPTIONS
   file_open_error               = 1
   file_read_error               = 2
   no_batch                      = 3
   gui_refuse_filetransfer       = 4
   invalid_type                  = 5
   no_authority                  = 6
   unknown_error                 = 7
   bad_data_format               = 8
   header_not_allowed            = 9
   separator_not_allowed         = 10
   header_too_long               = 11
   unknown_dp_error              = 12
   access_denied                 = 13
   dp_out_of_memory              = 14
   disk_full                     = 15
   dp_timeout                    = 16
   OTHERS                        = 17
  IF sy-subrc <> 0.
MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
        WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
  ENDIF.
regards
vijay