How to export excel file with template
Sometimes we may need to export a document in the form of a spreadsheet (MS Excel).
But often the problem of the automatic display by MS Excel.
Before export the data. we can create MS Excel templates and upload to SAP then run template later.
1) Prepare the MS Excel template
2) Upload to SAP with transaction OAOR
Class Name -> SOFFICEINTEGRATION
Class Type -> OT
3) Click tab Create then expand all and double click to Table template
4) Chose MS Excel Template
5) Fill Description (Use in ABAP Program)
6) Check MS Excel template
7) ABAP Program
perform genarate_excel_with_template tables lt_excel
using ‘ExcelTest’
‘C:\text.xls’.
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*& Form genarate_excel_with_template
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form genarate_excel_with_template tables pt_excel type standard table
using pv_template type bds_propva
pv_file type localfile.
data: l_iref_template type ref to cl_bds_document_set,
l_oref_container type ref to cl_gui_custom_container,
l_iref_control type ref to i_oi_container_control,
l_iref_error type ref to i_oi_error,
l_iref_document type ref to i_oi_document_proxy,
l_iref_spreadsheet type ref to i_oi_spreadsheet,
l_retcode type soi_ret_string.
data: lt_signature type sbdst_signature,
lw_signature type bapisignat,
lt_uri type sbdst_uri,
lw_uri type bapiuri,
lt_sheet type soi_sheets_table,
lw_sheet type soi_sheets.
data: lt_fields type standard table of rfc_fields,
lv_last_row type i,
lv_last_col type i.
call method c_oi_container_control_creator=>get_container_control
importing
control = l_iref_control
retcode = l_retcode.
check l_retcode = c_oi_errors=>ret_ok.
call method l_iref_control->init_control
exporting
r3_application_name = pv_template
inplace_enabled = ‘X’
inplace_scroll_documents = ‘X’
parent = l_oref_container
importing
retcode = l_retcode.
check l_retcode = c_oi_errors=>ret_ok.
create object l_iref_template.
lw_signature–prop_name = ‘DESCRIPTION’.
lw_signature–prop_value = pv_template.
append lw_signature to lt_signature.
refresh lt_uri.
call method l_iref_template->get_with_url
exporting
classname = ‘SOFFICEINTEGRATION’
classtype = ‘OT’
object_key = ‘SOFFICEINTEGRATION’
changing
uris = lt_uri
signature = lt_signature
exceptions
nothing_found = 1
error_kpro = 2
internal_error = 3
parameter_error = 4
not_authorized = 5
not_allowed = 6.
clear lw_uri.
read table lt_uri into lw_uri index 1.
check sy–subrc = 0.
call method l_iref_control->get_document_proxy
exporting
document_type = ‘Excel.Sheet’
importing
document_proxy = l_iref_document
retcode = l_retcode.
check l_retcode = c_oi_errors=>ret_ok.
call method l_iref_document->open_document
exporting
document_url = lw_uri–uri
open_inplace = ‘X’
importing
retcode = l_retcode.
check l_retcode = c_oi_errors=>ret_ok.
free l_iref_error.
call method l_iref_document->get_spreadsheet_interface
importing
error = l_iref_error
sheet_interface = l_iref_spreadsheet.
call method l_iref_spreadsheet->get_sheets
importing
sheets = lt_sheet
error = l_iref_error.
check l_iref_error->error_code = c_oi_errors=>ret_ok.
clear lw_sheet.
read table lt_sheet into lw_sheet index 1.
check sy–subrc = 0.
call method l_iref_spreadsheet->select_sheet
exporting
name = lw_sheet–sheet_name
importing
error = l_iref_error.
check l_iref_error->error_code = c_oi_errors=>ret_ok.
refresh lt_fields.
call function ‘DP_GET_FIELDS_FROM_TABLE’
tables
data = pt_excel
fields = lt_fields.
lv_last_row = lines( pt_excel ).
lv_last_col = lines( lt_fields ).
call method l_iref_spreadsheet->set_selection
exporting
left = 1
top = 2
rows = lv_last_row
columns = lv_last_col.
call method l_iref_spreadsheet->insert_range
exporting
columns = lv_last_col
rows = lv_last_row
name = pv_template.
call method l_iref_spreadsheet->insert_one_table
exporting
data_table = pt_excel[]
fields_table = lt_fields
rangename = pv_template.
call method l_iref_document->save_as
exporting
file_name = pv_file.
call method l_iref_document->release_document
importing
retcode = l_retcode.
free: l_iref_spreadsheet,
l_iref_document.
call method l_iref_control->release_all_documents.
call method l_iref_control->destroy_control.
message ‘Generate Excel file’ type ‘S’.
endform. ” genarate_excel_with_template
Very Much Helpful Document ℹ , Thanks For Sharing With Screen Shots 🙂 🙂 .
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Seshu.P
Hi Budtawan Vu
This article looks interesting, I'm not an SAP ABAP developer, just a SAP user that specifies new functions and tools for our SAP .
I have one question that seems like it may be related to this somehow.
Our development team has exported an excel with many lines for the user, the idea is that the user will modify some of the values in that excel then upload that excel back into SAP to update those new values in SAP. that works OK.
my question is, Is it possible to export an excel that already includes working formulas in the excel.
e.g. if the exported excel contains a column with Quantity and user inputs a Price in each cell in excel, then if such formualrs are actively working in the excel then it could immediately calculate the total amount = QTY x Price and show this value in the excel before the user uploads the new price data to SAP.
The idea is, that this would allow the user to do some basic and easy sanity checking on the data before uploading
Of course the user could add in the formulas himself after the download but this is more tricky, because the real formulas used are quite complicated and the users are, lets say, very busy with other tasks and not skilled with writing excel formulas
... any ideas that I could pass on to our development team, so far they haven't found a way to add in working formulas ?
Thanks
Nice....
cool !!!
Excellent !!!
Great Job !, Thanks for share.
Regards,
Danai P
Nice article....
Thanks for sharing...... 😎
Regards
Jesse
Hello Budtawan,
would that example work in background, if not what would you suggest to read a excel template fill it and export in background mode?
Thanks
Marcos
SOFFICEINTEGRATION works only in FG mode, so you need ABAP2XLSX to use template in BG mode. You'll find many examples on the web.
Hello Lukasz,
Thank you for your reply. I found one of your example to generate excel in background it really worked 🙂 .
ABAP2XLSX uses OLE which is GUI dependent. I don`t think we can use it for background.
ABAP2XLSX does not use OLE but xml files are written or read directly so you can use it in backgroud easily, especially if you want to use some templates, then this would be good choise to use it.
As Łukasz Pęgiel already mentioned, abap2xlsx doesn't use OLE2 approach but it creates pure XML file accordingly to the OOXML standard used by most of the suites (open office, excel, etc).
It can run in background, foreground, in parallel processing and moreover is open sourced.
Have a try www.abap2xlsx.org
You can also check this tool, which has similar functionality like in this blog:
XLSX Workbench for SAP(ABAP) - tool for exporting data to Excel
Very useful thanks Tomas.
😉
Fantastic article! Many Thanks!
Hi,
many thanks for this coding!
I have implemented it into our system but while processing
call method l_iref_spreadsheet->insert_one_table
exporting
data_table = pt_excel[]
fields_table = lt_fields
rangename = pv_template.
a short dump with system_failure is provided.
This is raised whith the message: CPIC-CALL: 'ThSAPOCMINIT' : cmRc=17 thRc=223
Do you have any idea why this dosn't work?`
Thanks so much for sharing.

But i occur error
Please help me solve this error. Thanks a lot!
You have to create internal tables that are used in Excel and send it into form genarate_excel_with_template.
Good article