Load Documentation to Data elements

Hi,
I'm looking for a smart standard solution (BAPI?) to load documentation in DDIC to data elements.
The data which should be loaded is provided by an excel-file .
How knows a standard report or a BAPI/function module ?
Thx in advance
Peter

I think a BDC can be done on transaction SE61 with appropriate input......Unfortunately, I can't check the feasibility as I don't have authorization for the transaction as of now........
Got a FM for this.......Chcek the code below...
DATA: i_lines TYPE TABLE OF tline,
      wa_lines TYPE tline.
* Create Documentation
wa_lines-tdformat = '*'.
wa_lines-tdline   = 'TEST'.
DO 50 TIMES.
APPEND wa_lines TO i_lines.
ENDDO.
* Create Document
CALL FUNCTION 'DOCU_UPD'
EXPORTING
    id       = 'DE'            "For Data Element
    langu    = sy-langu
    object   = 'YA038539TEST5' "Data Element Name
TABLES
    line     = i_lines
EXCEPTIONS
    ret_code = 1
    OTHERS   = 2.
IF sy-subrc EQ 0.
WRITE 'Documentation Update Successful'.
ENDIF.
Edited by: Satyajit on Dec 21, 2010 5:07 PM

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        Mike Smayrabunya

Hey,
It looks like one of the following:
1. The DB is down,
2. The user SAPPEMDB does not have the right authorization.
3. The password of the user SAPPEMDB is not password
4. The syntax is incorrect
in order to find what is the problem,
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"java -Djava.ext.dirs=. -jar SAPtrans.jar import logfile=import.log datafile=init.dat connectstring=com.ddtek.jdbc.sqlserver.SQLServerDriver; jdbc:datadirect:sqlserver://vma03:1433;SAPC11DB;password"
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Those talk some about storage options and reading in XML from disk and parsing XML. They should also give you options to consider. Without knowing more about your requirements for the effort, it is difficult to give specific advice. Maybe your 7-8 tables don't exist and so using Object Relational Storage for the XML would be the best solution as you can query/update tables that Oracle creates based off the schema associated to the XML. Maybe an External Table definition works better for reading the XML into the system because this process will happen just once. Maybe using WebDAV makes more sense for loading XML to be parsed (I don't have much experience with this, just know it is possible from what I've read on the forums). Also, your version makes a difference as you have different options available depending upon the version of Oracle.
Hope all that helps as a starter.
Edited by: A_Non on Jul 8, 2010 4:31 PM
A great example, see the answers by mdrake in {thread:id=1096784}

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