New FM for Old FM 'WS_EXCEL'

Question

Hi All,
I am working on Upgrade Project
(From 4.6B to ECC6.0).
I have come across a FM <b>"WS_EXCEL"</b> in Old Version.Can anybody give me the name of
the function module which replaces the above
function Module in ECC6.0.
Thanks in Advance.
With Regards
Jitendra.

Answer 1

Hi Jithendra,
YOu can use the GUI_DOWNLOAD function module.
Once you have the data in the internal table, you can either display it as a report or download it to the excel sheet
If you only want to transfer the data to Excel like when you transfer the data from
ALV to Excel simply use the Function Modules:
XXL_SIMPLE_API
If you want more modifications when you transfer it to Excel use:
XXL_FULL_API
Often we face situations where we need to download internal table contents onto an Excel sheet. We are familiar with the function module WS_DOWNLOAD. Though this function module downloads the contents onto the Excel sheet, there cannot be any column headings or we cannot differentiate the primary keys just by seeing the Excel sheet.
For this purpose, we can use the function module XXL_FULL_API. The Excel sheet which is generated by this function module contains the column headings and the key columns are highlighted with a different color. Other options that are available with this function module are we can swap two columns or supress a field from displaying on the Excel sheet. The simple code for the usage of this function module is given below.
Program code : Run this code
REPORT Excel.
TABLES:
sflight.
header data................................
DATA :
header1 LIKE gxxlt_p-text VALUE 'Suresh',
header2 LIKE gxxlt_p-text VALUE 'Excel sheet'.
Internal table for holding the SFLIGHT data
DATA BEGIN OF t_sflight OCCURS 0.
INCLUDE STRUCTURE sflight.
DATA END OF t_sflight.
Internal table for holding the horizontal key.
DATA BEGIN OF t_hkey OCCURS 0.
INCLUDE STRUCTURE gxxlt_h.
DATA END OF t_hkey .
Internal table for holding the vertical key.
DATA BEGIN OF t_vkey OCCURS 0.
INCLUDE STRUCTURE gxxlt_v.
DATA END OF t_vkey .
Internal table for holding the online text....
DATA BEGIN OF t_online OCCURS 0.
INCLUDE STRUCTURE gxxlt_o.
DATA END OF t_online.
Internal table to hold print text.............
DATA BEGIN OF t_print OCCURS 0.
INCLUDE STRUCTURE gxxlt_p.
DATA END OF t_print.
Internal table to hold SEMA data..............
DATA BEGIN OF t_sema OCCURS 0.
INCLUDE STRUCTURE gxxlt_s.
DATA END OF t_sema.
Retreiving data from sflight.
SELECT * FROM sflight
INTO TABLE t_sflight.
Text which will be displayed online is declared here....
t_online-line_no = '1'.
t_online-info_name = 'Created by'.
t_online-info_value = 'KOTHUR SREEKANTH REDDY'.
APPEND t_online.
Text which will be printed out..........................
t_print-hf = 'H'.
t_print-lcr = 'L'.
t_print-line_no = '1'.
t_print-text = 'This is the header'.
APPEND t_print.
t_print-hf = 'F'.
t_print-lcr = 'C'.
t_print-line_no = '1'.
t_print-text = 'This is the footer'.
APPEND t_print.
Defining the vertical key columns.......
t_vkey-col_no = '1'.
t_vkey-col_name = 'MANDT'.
APPEND t_vkey.
t_vkey-col_no = '2'.
t_vkey-col_name = 'CARRID'.
APPEND t_vkey.
t_vkey-col_no = '3'.
t_vkey-col_name = 'CONNID'.
APPEND t_vkey.
t_vkey-col_no = '4'.
t_vkey-col_name = 'FLDATE'.
APPEND t_vkey.
Header text for the data columns................
t_hkey-row_no = '1'.
t_hkey-col_no = 1.
t_hkey-col_name = 'PRICE'.
APPEND t_hkey.
t_hkey-col_no = 2.
t_hkey-col_name = 'CURRENCY'.
APPEND t_hkey.
t_hkey-col_no = 3.
t_hkey-col_name = 'PLANETYPE'.
APPEND t_hkey.
t_hkey-col_no = 4.
t_hkey-col_name = 'SEATSMAX'.
APPEND t_hkey.
t_hkey-col_no = 5.
t_hkey-col_name = 'SEATSOCC'.
APPEND t_hkey.
t_hkey-col_no = 6.
t_hkey-col_name = 'PAYMENTSUM'.
APPEND t_hkey.
populating the SEMA data..........................
t_sema-col_no = 1.
t_sema-col_typ = 'STR'.
t_sema-col_ops = 'DFT'.
APPEND t_sema.
t_sema-col_no = 2.
APPEND t_sema.
t_sema-col_no = 3.
APPEND t_sema.
t_sema-col_no = 4.
APPEND t_sema.
t_sema-col_no = 5.
APPEND t_sema.
t_sema-col_no = 6.
APPEND t_sema.
t_sema-col_no = 7.
APPEND t_sema.
t_sema-col_no = 8.
APPEND t_sema.
t_sema-col_no = 9.
APPEND t_sema.
t_sema-col_no = 10.
t_sema-col_typ = 'NUM'.
t_sema-col_ops = 'ADD'.
APPEND t_sema.
CALL FUNCTION 'XXL_FULL_API'
EXPORTING
DATA_ENDING_AT = 54
DATA_STARTING_AT = 5
filename = 'TESTFILE'
header_1 = header1
header_2 = header2
no_dialog = 'X'
no_start = ' '
n_att_cols = 6
n_hrz_keys = 1
n_vrt_keys = 4
sema_type = 'X'
SO_TITLE = ' '
TABLES
data = t_sflight
hkey = t_hkey
online_text = t_online
print_text = t_print
sema = t_sema
vkey = t_vkey
EXCEPTIONS
cancelled_by_user = 1
data_too_big = 2
dim_mismatch_data = 3
dim_mismatch_sema = 4
dim_mismatch_vkey = 5
error_in_hkey = 6
error_in_sema = 7
file_open_error = 8
file_write_error = 9
inv_data_range = 10
inv_winsys = 11
inv_xxl = 12
OTHERS = 13
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno
WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
ENDIF.
regsrds
navjot
reward if helpful
You can use this method to download the contents of an internal table to an excel file.
It is a static method of the class cl_gui_frontend_services. So you dont need an instance to call it.
Just make sure the file name has an extension .xls
call method cl_gui_frontend_services=>gui_download
exporting
filename = gv_file_name
filetype = lv_file_type
confirm_overwrite = space
changing
data_tab = <fs_download>
exceptions
file_write_error = 1
no_batch = 2
gui_refuse_filetransfer = 3
invalid_type = 4
no_authority = 5
unknown_error = 6
header_not_allowed = 7
separator_not_allowed = 8
filesize_not_allowed = 9
header_too_long = 10
dp_error_create = 11
dp_error_send = 12
dp_error_write = 13
unknown_dp_error = 14
access_denied = 15
dp_out_of_memory = 16
disk_full = 17
dp_timeout = 18
file_not_found = 19
dataprovider_exception = 20
control_flush_error = 21
not_supported_by_gui = 22
error_no_gui = 23
others = 24.
if sy-subrc <> 0.
message id sy-msgid type sy-msgty number sy-msgno
with sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
endif.
Hope this helps you.
Thanks & Regards
Bhaskar Rao.M