Calling Transaction in SAP GUI
Calling SAP Transaction from WDA is a common requirement. There is a way to call SAP transaction in Web GUI. This is not an option in some cases.
Imagine a client that is using SAP GUI to run both SAP Transactions and WDAs. Such client wants to keep user interface consistent e.g. whenever WDA calls SAP transaction it needs to be run in SAP GUI (no jumps between SAP GUI and Web GUI).
There is an OOTB solution. Simply put, WDA needs to create SAP Shortcut and download it when user clicks on a link.
Below are screenshots of demo WDA that runs in SAP GUI and shows a list of SAP Flight model tables. Clicking on a table name from the list will call SE16 transaction in SAP GUI.
1. Call Z_WD_2_ABAP Transaction
2. Click on a link
3. Confirm download
4. Voilà
Below are step by step instructions how to create this demo WDA:
1. Create Z_WD_2_ABAP Component
2. Create SFLIGHT context node in MAIN view. Set the context node cardinality to 0..1. Add two attributes: TABLENAME of type TABNAME and DESCRIPTION of type DDTEXT
3. Create VIEWCONTAINER ViewContainerUIElement on MAIN view
4. Add ALV use of SALV_WD_TABLE Component to Z_WD_2_ABAP Component
5. Add ALV use of SAV_WD_TABLE Component to MAIN View
6. Embed TABLE view of SALV_WD_TABLE used component into VIEWCONTAINER element
7. Implement WDDOINIT method of MAIN view
Note: code below populates ALV table with a list of SAP FLIGHT model tables
METHOD wddoinit.
DATA: wd_sflight TYPE wd_this->elements_sflight.
DATA: node_sflight TYPE REF TO if_wd_context_node.
DATA: wa_column TYPE salv_wd_s_column_ref,
wt_column TYPE salv_wd_t_column_ref.
DATA: component TYPE REF TO if_wd_component_usage,
interface TYPE REF TO iwci_salv_wd_table,
config TYPE REF TO cl_salv_wd_config_table,
table_settings TYPE REF TO if_salv_wd_table_settings,
std_functions TYPE REF TO if_salv_wd_std_functions,
column_settings TYPE REF TO if_salv_wd_column_settings,
column TYPE REF TO cl_salv_wd_column,
column_header TYPE REF TO cl_salv_wd_column_header,
action TYPE REF TO cl_salv_wd_uie_link_to_action.
SELECT l~tabname AS tablename t~ddtext AS description
INTO CORRESPONDING FIELDS OF TABLE wd_sflight
FROM ( dd02l AS l INNER JOIN dd02t AS t
ON l~tabname = t~tabname )
INNER JOIN tadir AS d
ON l~tabname = d~obj_name
WHERE t~ddlanguage = ‘E’
AND d~object = ‘TABL’
AND d~devclass = ‘SAPBC_DATAMODEL’.
node_sflight = wd_context->get_child_node( wd_this->wdctx_sflight ).
node_sflight->bind_table( new_items = wd_sflight ).
component = wd_this->wd_cpuse_alv( ).
IF component->has_active_component( ) IS INITIAL.
component->create_component( ).
ENDIF.
interface = wd_this->wd_cpifc_alv( ).
interface->set_data( node_sflight ).
config = interface->get_model( ).
table_settings ?= config.
table_settings->set_selection_mode( cl_wd_table=>e_selection_mode–none ).
table_settings->set_visible_row_count( 20 ).
std_functions ?= config.
std_functions->set_view_list_allowed( abap_false ).
std_functions->set_filter_filterline_allowed( abap_false ).
std_functions->set_dialog_settings_allowed( abap_false ).
std_functions->set_pdf_allowed( abap_false ).
std_functions->set_export_allowed( abap_false ).
column_settings ?= config.
wt_column = column_settings->get_columns( ).
LOOP AT wt_column INTO wa_column.
column = wa_column–r_column.
CASE wa_column-id.
WHEN ‘TABLENAME’.
CREATE OBJECT action.
action->set_tooltip_fieldname( wa_column-id ).
action->set_text_fieldname( wa_column-id ).
action->set_type( cl_wd_link_to_action=>e_type–navigation ).
column->set_cell_editor( action ).
WHEN ‘DESCRIPTION’.
column_header = column->get_header( ).
column_header->set_text( ‘Description’ ).
column_header->set_tooltip( ‘Description’ ).
column_header->set_ddic_binding_field(
if_salv_wd_c_column_settings=>ddic_bind_none ).
ENDCASE.
ENDLOOP.
ENDMETHOD.
8. Create ON_CLICK event handler method for ON_CLICK Event of ALV usage
9. Implement ON_CLICK event handler method
Program logic:
– Get clicked table name;
– Set trx. SE16 Table Name field to clicked table name;
– Create SE16 SAP Shortcut skipping first screen. See Note 103019 – SAPshortcut: Program parameters for more information.
– Download SAP Shortcut
METHOD on_click.
DATA: w_filename TYPE string.
DATA: w_parameter TYPE text255.
DATA: w_shortcut TYPE xstring.
DATA: wt_shortcut TYPE soli_tab.
FIELD-SYMBOLS: <tablename> TYPE tabname.
* Get clicked table name
ASSIGN r_param->value->* TO <tablename>.
* Set trx. SE16 Table Name field to clicked table name
CONCATENATE ‘DATABROWSE-TABLENAME=’ <tablename> INTO w_parameter.
* Create SE16 SAP Shortcut skipping first screen
CALL FUNCTION ‘SWN_CREATE_SHORTCUT’
EXPORTING
i_transaction = ‘*SE16’
i_parameter = w_parameter
IMPORTING
shortcut_table = wt_shortcut.
w_shortcut = cl_bcs_convert=>raw_to_xstring( it_soli = wt_shortcut ).
CONCATENATE ‘Table_’ <tablename> ‘.sap’ INTO w_filename.
* Dowload SAP Shortcut
cl_wd_runtime_services=>attach_file_to_response(
i_filename = w_filename
i_content = w_shortcut
i_mime_type = ‘sap’ ).
ENDMETHOD.
10. Create Z_WD_2_ABAP Application
11. Create Z_WD_2_ABAP parameter transaction
If you could remove the SAVE button from the popup, that would be ideal!