Fixed Length RFC Values?

I have an RFC call I need to make. The results of the call contained a fixed length field. Naturally, the leading/trailing whitespace of this field is trimmed by the XML parser. To persist the whitespace I'll need to use CDATA which is unparsed. However, I haven't found a way to modify the data structure or call to make that XML element use the CDATA block. Can anyone share their tips for solving this condition?

Hi,
CDATA conversion shd be done in the function Module. unfortunatley i am not ABAPer so i don't how, but i know this shd be done at ECC.
when the function module is coded to generate the field with CDATA, PI will not trim the spaces.
This is not the solution but thought this info may guide you in right path
Regards,
Sukarna.

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Hi,
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