Generating transport for report to set it up on other system

hi friends,
how can i package a report i wrote with the corresponding ddic-tables that are needed in a convenient way so i can send it to somebody and it can be imported into their system and be executed easily ?
thanks,
clemens

There are two ways to do this:
1. Create a transport request for the report, copy the same from the \usr\sap\trans directory into a cd and send it across.
2. Download the report (Utlities > More utilities > Upload/Download > Download) into a txt file, send that across. The developer on the other system will need to upload the file into a new report and save it. Note: All includes in the report will need to be downloaded separately.
Sudha
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