Report Painter in Background??

How do you pass parameters or a variant to this FM (crif_rw_web_call_report)?
I want to run a nightly job that executes a custom report painter report (with a selected variant or parameters) and dumps that data to a file.
Edited by: Daniel Simpson on Nov 24, 2008 7:39 PM

I realized that I can run report painter in background & export to file on the app server by going to the report selection screen and selecting the "output parameters" button & configuring the report from there.
I would however, still like to learn how to execute the FM ( CRIF_RW_WEB_CALL_REPORT ) to bring the report painter data into internal tables.

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I have created new library, report group and a new report in report painter, the report is working fine if we execute in foreground, but if we execute in background then the values are blank.
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Hi,
I have created a new report for balance sheet which displays for whole year by a break up of periods from 1 to 16,
because if extracting the data for whole year i am getting ABAP short dump as runtime exceeded.
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I am using T.code GRR3.
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Need help in Report Painter

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Please go through the enclosed document. This will give you step-by-step approach for Report painter:
http://www.virtuosollc.com/PDF/Get_Reporter.pdf
Check url
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/da/6ada3889432f48e10000000a114084/frameset.htm
Check Report Painter Step-by-Step example under Tools->Report Painter / Report Writer->Report Painter->Creating a Report Painter Report.
Just go through These Links to learn about report Painter.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/66/bc7d2543c211d182b30000e829fbfe/frameset.htm
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I have a standard report and it uses a structure to pull the data for the report. I need to create a custom report which uses the same structure, selection screen but a different layout. Could any of u plz advice, if its doable in report painter or just plain abap program?? Also I am interested to know how the report painter stores the actual report?? as ABAP program?? Please help..urgent..
check the SAP help ..
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/66/bc7d2543c211d182b30000e829fbfe/content.htm
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I t creates ABAP program like ABAP query creates in background . if you execute Customer Over due analysis or in Co02 cost analysis report or MC* ( MM stock reports ) those are in report painter .
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http://www.thespot4sap.com/Articles/Code_CostCentreReport.asp
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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/5b/d22ba743c611d182b30000e829fbfe/frameset.htm
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here.
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·        Protect variant
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More information at:
http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_03/helpdata/EN/c0/980374e58611d194cc00a0c94260a5/frameset.htm
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Hello Chinasammy,
Report Painter allows you to create reports using data from SAP application components, which you can adapt to meet your individual requirements.
Many of your reporting requirements can already be met by using the standard reports provided by various SAP application components. If these SAP standard reports do not meet your reporting needs, Report Painter enables you to define your specific reports quickly and easily.
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Direct layout control: The rows and columns are displayed in the report definition as they appear in the final report output, making test runs unnecessary.
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