Use of Custom ABAP Function in ABAP Extractor

We are extracting PSA data out of BW system, and encountering CR/LF errors within text columns coming out of PSA.
There is ABAP coding to handle the problem:
REPLACE ALL OCCURRENCES OF cl_abap_char_utilities=>newline IN <I_O_PARAMETER> WITH ' '.
REPLACE ALL OCCURRENCES OF cl_abap_char_utilities=>cr_lf IN <I_O_PARAMETER> WITH ' '.
Is it possible to somehow insert this custom coding into our BOBJ XI32 ABAP dataflows? Note, we do not want to create a custom development for the problem from within SE38 - we want to send the code from Data Services.
Thanks,
Doug

Copy the definition in a Type Group (SE11 - Uilities - Other Dictionary objects) in an Abap syntax, include the type group in function group and program top includes via a [TYPE-POOLS|http://help.sap.com/abapdocu_70/en/ABAPTYPE-POOLS.htm] statement (before Release 7.0, EhP2).
Regards,
Raymond

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