Reporting in ABAP WebDynpro

Hi,
Anybody can enlighten me with some ideas/sample on how can we transform back-end (SAP R3) reporting to front-end (ESS)?
What I have in mind is,
1. Develop a ABAP WDP in front-end to SUBMIT the back-end ABAP report and WRITE to MEMORY LIST
2. ABAP WDP to report in ALV base on report output saved in MEMORY.
The reason I am doing this is to minimize the coding effort and redundancy for the same coding.
Please help.

Hi,
To achieve this , you can try this option.
- Call your report from WD Component , may be from View component's WDDOINIT / on click of a button.
- Make sure to call this report in Background mode and also there should not be any dialog processing happening in your report
- Suppress any messages thrown in the reports , else you will get a dump.
- Since you just want to write to memory list and do not want to show any output to the user , the above steps should be sufficient for your requirement.
Regards,
Ashish Shah

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Passing data from report to abap webdynpro

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I'm calling an abap webdynpro from an abap report through CALL_BROWSER MF.
I need to pass data from a report to a webdynpro. It is a table that I want to pass. I've tried to user memory ids, but as I was suspecting, it doesn't work.
Is there a way of doing it?
Thanks and best regards,
Vasco Brandã

Hi,
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Pierre

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Hi experts,
I have a theoretical question:
There is normal ABAP report (not webdynpro) in the R/3 system.
Is it possible to run this report form an ABAP webdynpro application?
In my understanding this means, I have to create the Selection screen of the report in Webdynpro, then call the report from the R/3 system like:
SUBMIT Z_REPORT
      WITH PNPPERNR = PERNR-PERNR
      AND RETURN
      EXPORTING LIST TO MEMORY.
then retrieve the values
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    IMP_KEY-SEQNR = '99999'.
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Of course when I have the results I have to create another view, with a table to display it.
My questions are:
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-Is there any other way to do this?
Thanks
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>-Is my way of thinking correct?
Pretty much so. I guess best design long term might be to rebuild the report as native Web Dynpro - perhaps separating the data selection and logic out into a class. However this is good way to reuse existing development.
I notice that you have an explict IMPORT FROM MEMORY. I assume this report is doing some custom export to memory. If you just want the list output without needing anything special within the report being called, then you should use the function module LIST_FROM_MEMORY and LIST_TO_ASCI. However if you place an export int the inner report the returned contents are probably easier to process than the list format. I guess its really your choice.
-Is there any other way to do this?
This way is pretty direct. You could redesign the report, but I'm assuming you are asking for other ways to reuse the existing report. Your main concern might be if the report takes to long to run. You might have to submit the report to the background. This will likely require changes to the report to write the results into a database table instead of exporting to memory. However this has the added benefit of freeing the dialog work process of the WDA while the report runs.

Select Options use in ALV Report in ABAP Webdynpro

Hello Experts,
I Already Done ALV Report In webdynpro with use of view Container UI element.But i do not know ALV report with help of select option.so
Kindly Give Me simple Example of Use in select Option In ALV.
Reply ASAP.
Regards,
Ameya Karadkhedkar

First you need to add the component WDR_SELECT_OPTIONS to the tab "Used components" of your Web Dynpro component and then also in the properties tab of your view. In the layout you need to create another view container and embed the view WND_SELECTION_SCREEN of the new used component to it.
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EXPORTING
    i_typename    = 'DATS'
RECEIVING
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EXPORTING
    i_id          = 'DATS'
    it_result     = rt_range_date
    i_read_only   = ABAP_FALSE.
* Hide unnecessary buttons
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EXPORTING
    i_display_btn_cancel = abap_false
    i_display_btn_check   = abap_false
    i_display_btn_reset   = abap_false
    i_display_btn_execute = abap_false.
Finally you need to write the following code in the action of the button in order to fetch the range table selected by the user.
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      lo_interfacecontroller TYPE REF TO iwci_wdr_select_options,
      lo_r_helper_class       TYPE REF TO if_wd_select_options,
      rt_date                 TYPE REF TO data.
FIELD-SYMBOLS: <fs_date> TYPE table.
* Instantiate used component WDR_SELECT_OPTIONS (SEL_OPT)
lo_cmp_usage = wd_this->wd_cpuse_sel_opt( ).
IF lo_cmp_usage->has_active_component( ) IS INITIAL.
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ENDIF.
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lo_r_helper_class = lo_interfacecontroller->init_selection_screen( ).
* get selected range of inspections date
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EXPORTING
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RECEIVING
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ASSIGN rt_date->* TO <fs_date>.
Then you can use the value that is assigned to the field symbol <fs_date> to continue with your ALV.

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Hi Gopal,
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Could there be a lockal cache issue?
Clear you browser cache via Tools > Internet Options > Delete History
Try again after clearing the cache, if that doesn't help then try downloading the Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloadS/details.aspx?familyid=E59C3964-672D-4511-BB3E-2D5E1DB91038&displaylang=en
...use this tool to get details about the css and classes aplied to the objects and use it to open a OSS message if it is a SAP WebDynpro application of talk to your developers if it is a Custom WebDynpro app.
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Our BASIS sent me the ADS trace:
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Render Error Report
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Invalid node type: dataGroup
The fault occurred on line 0.
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Any comment or advise?

Hi,
As far as i know when you use Adobe forms in a WD4A application, language is your "web" connection language.
You can have a look at standard class CL_WD_ADOBE_SERVICE, it's used when generating an adobe forms from WD4A. , more particulary look at method DETERMINE_DOCPARAMS.
regards

ABAP WebDynpro iView with window id problem

We have a custom ABAP webdynpro iView that is part of a dynamic navigation. When the iView loads the following warning message is displayed...
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Hi All,
We used to edit ESS Java webdynpro applications by taking a copy of the standard application
with the help of Track created in Enterprise Portal.
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and there is a requirement come up which requires the modification of standard WDA Application
for Travel Request.
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or can we proceed by editing the standard code ?
If we are taking the copy of the Entire package does the configuration will affect on copied Application?
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I have done this in my last project. You can enhance the WD Component only if you are adding functionality. Be careful to find the right component and methods. You usually do not make the change on the application itself.
If you want to tweak what the standard code does, that is a modification. If that, then I would advise you look into the configuration capabilities and the personalization if that meets the requirement.
Copying the component is going to be very hard. I would definitely not get into that at all costs since the Travel WDA uses the FPM framework as well. The links between the components are very complicated to simply copy and edit the z compoenent. It does not work like that.
Another thing: The specific challenge for the travel request is that the component you will need to change is being shared by the Expense report. It is the general data visual component. Be careful with that as you will have to differentiate in the code that you are calling it for the travel request.

Theme customization in ABAP WebDynpro

>server metnioned above : is it portal server and port details
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>and what is the <application> here in the url..
Your web dynpro ABAP application.
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Hi..
I tried this approach and also the approach mentioned in below link
[Re: How to call custom themes for Web Dynpro ABAP Application?;
still unable to get the solution.
I tried the method to run a report WD_THEME n upload the theme. getting version mismatch error.
Request some one to clearly explain the step by step process to use the custom themes in ABAP WebDynpro.
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Your opinion on: BSP or Java Webdynpro or ABAP Webdynpro?

Could you please give me your opinion on the business scenario we have here:
We are implementing SRM 4.0 with backend R/3 4.6C, WAS 6.4 and Portal 6.0. SRM has its typical shopping cart applications mainly for procurement and the workflow trail displaying the approval. The client wants us to build a few custom forms on the web frontend of SRM (or may be in Portal). The idea is to store these forms and display when needed with the status info just like a shopping cart.
<b>Now the requirements for these forms are as follows:</b>
1. These forms will have multiple fields which need to have the F4 kind of help. (the F4 options will reside in SRM or R/3)
2. The form should have some kind of a ALV grid (autoexpanding feature) which will allow the user to put in multiple line items so that they could submit more items on one form.
3. Users need to be able to attach a spreadsheet to the form which should not be editable once the form is submitted. The attached spreadsheet should be stored. (We are planning on using Archivelink Filenet for this)
4. Upon submission, a workflow will be kicked off as per the defined Org structure for approval of the form.
5. After submission, the user should be able to go and view the approval status of the form and also print the summary of the values that he entered in the form. (may be a smartform could be provided for this)
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<b>BSP:</b>
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SAP Webdynpro Java:
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SAP Webdynpro ABAP:
We currently have WAS 6.4. As per the documentation, the ABAP Webdynpro development tool is available from NW04s onwards. So, we are still not sure if we could use it. But, we want to push towards upgrading if necessary. Being an old time ABAPer, developing ABAP Webdynpro seems do-able. (i know it may not be that easy).
Last but not the least, DIALOG Program:
Creating a dialog program in R/3 or SRM seems fairly simple. Then, an iview could be created on the portal for this transaction, though at this point I am not sure how a spreadsheet could be attached and stored within a dialog program.
The creation of the workflow may not be that bad after the original form is designed. The graphical display of the approval trail might be difficult, but we might get away with a report for that. For printing the details of the form, I guess I could develop a smartform and put out a button on the screen to print it out in the display view.
Could you please give me your opinion / best approach for accomplishing this task, keeping in mind the complexities of these new dimension products?
Thanks
Sri

I would say that all four solutions to solving your tasks are technically feasible. Here are some thoughts that I had however:
First ABAP Webdynpro: it is true that ABAP webdynpro is only available with Netweaver04s. 04S is still in ramp-up which means that only a subset of the customer base is allow to implement it. It will not become generally available until later this year (check the service marketplace for current release estimates). That being said, it probably elimintes WDA as a possiblity for your project unless you are will to wait and to upgrade.
However having worked with WDA for a while it is probably the best tool to custom develop what you describe. It has excellent built-in F4 value help. It also has a damn fine ALV grid implementation. The spreadsheet could be just as simple as file upload in binary or your could try your hand at office integration. Finally for the form you could use Adobe Interactive Forms which also has very nice integration into WDA.
Now to Dialog Programming: You could of course use dialog programming. It seems a little bit of a waste to custom build something so large if WDA is in your near future. There are obvious disadvantages (little OO structure, no MVC, etc). You would have ALV grid, office integration and of course F4 help. You could still use Adobe forms if you implement this on the 640 system. However there are integration points with dialog and Adobe Interactive Forms. You could still use printed forms however. If you did the dialog program on the 640 system, you could use the integrated ITS to expose it to the web. The integrated ITS in my experience has quite nice performance although the look and feel remains just like the SAPGui.
The Java Webdynpro route: Well you hit the nail on the head - if you don't have a Java programmer already and you don't have the bandwidth to invest in learning Java, this can be a problem. The Java Webdynpro environment is quite nice. There are some things I like better than ABAP and some things that ABAP is defintely still better at. However when it comes to heavy integration with an ABAP backend - ABAP Webdynpro is still the way to go. Java Webdynpro does have a help feature (OVS), but it isn't "for free" or nearly as nice as the ABAP Webdynpro (perhaps it will get there some day). That is one of the major advantages of WDA - its closeness to the business data brings several framework advantages like F4 and field help. WebDynpro Java in 640 also doesn't have an ALV grid implementation. I am sure that this is something both environments will eventually have, but right now ABAP has the advantage. On the other hand, Webdynpro Java has equal support when it comes to office integration, file upload, and Adobe Forms support. You would have a more difficult time integration SmartForms however.
Finally we come to BSP. Honestly if I were in your position I would probably choose BSP (unless you could wait for the ABAP Webdynpro upgrade). You could build a nice MVC OO application using BSP (stateful or stateless). The BSP product is mature and quite well documented thanks to SDN. You have the BSP Extensions which when used in Design2003 use the Unified Renderer. That means that your output will look nearly identical to the same UI elements in Webdynpro. Also BSP supports portal integration (session management, eventing, and themes).
The downside to BSP is that it isn't a full framework (also one of its advantages). You can insert all your own html and javascript (unlike webdynpro). But this also means that SAP doesn't delivery as many framework services. For instance there is no ALV or Value Help. There is no Office Integration or Adobe Forms integration. There is some farily good Smart Forms integration. Now the upside- many people have already hit these limitations and overcame them. In the weblogs on SDN and in a certain SAP Press book (cough, cough) you will find out of the box solutions for many of these problems. You can find ready to use solutions for Adobe Integration, Office Integration (using Microsoft Office Web Controls), and F4 help. It will mean investing a little more time up front to get this "home grown framework" up and running - but it is perfectly feasible.
There is a learning curve to all these new technologies however. This sounds like an abmious project. I wouldn't want to try and tackle this project in any of these technologies if I was new to them. With Webdynpro or BSP - consider giving yourself time to learn the environment and cut your teeth on some demo apps before jumping into such a huge development.

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The ABAP Webdynpro iViews in Portal have the following issues. ( We use IE11).
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2. The cursor in the Input fields reset back to the first position while typing and create a big mess.
Any help appreciated.
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Hi N_niki
There is no resolution as such.
We had raised a Customer message with SAP and were informed that this was expected as the procedure to execute the reports was changed in ECC when compared to 4.6 (technical changes) and hence this issue shall remain for some queries wherein the old changes need to be brought back using an option in the SAP Query.
Please refer to SAP Note # 723577 which could provide a better explanation for the issue.
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Do anyone know how we can configure the out of the box SAP Business Package ESS applications to navigate to a custom page?
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Any help will be appreciated!
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Hi,
This will require slight modification of webdynpro abap application.
1. Copy this web dynpro application and create a just look alike copy of it in a new package. This is done in se80 transaction. Do this only after creating a new transport package and a workbench request for it. Your basis consultant will do this.
2. Examine this button in the correspondiong view. It should contain the parameter for you url , Change this url to your required url in the same way.
Thanks,
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ESS E-leave : which is the ABAP Webdynpro component ?

Hi Gurus,
I have a few questions regarding ABAP-Webdynpro.
1. Which is the corresponding ABAP Webdynpro component for ESS E-Leave application ?
I need to add a new report to the Leave Request page but unable to find the ABAP WD component for the same !
2. Just by looking at the portal web-page, is it possible to find out if the page is based on Java WD or ABAP WD ? And if ABAP WD, how to find the corresponding component ?
Any hints will be greatly appreciated and rewarded.
Regards,
Sandip.

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Regards
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