SAP Attachment: The following ABAP program sample is optimized to Mass extraction of SAP Attachments (GOS) for Sales Documents.
SAP Mass Attachments Extraction using ABAP.
The same ABAP Code can be user to mass extract Attachment for
The original post isSAP GOS Attachment Technical
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SAP Attachment : Miscellaneous Tips
Search Help for Directory Selection
The methodcl_gui_frontend_services=>directory_browse offers to select a folder from presentation server ( local ).
The result SELECTED_FOLDER is the full path for a local directory.
Check if a file exists on presentation Server
The method cl_gui_frontend_services=>file_exist checks if a file exists locally ( on presentation server).
The result is initial if the file dosn’t exist.
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SAP Functions Modules Used for SAP Attachment
Here the list of the main SAP Function Modules & Methods used below in order to extract and to download Attachment
cl_gui_frontend_services=>directory_browse
This standard Method cl_gui_frontend_services=>directory_browse will retrieve list of local (desktop) folder.
In the most of cases, it is used to select a folder at presentation server as help search for local Directory Search .
cl_gui_frontend_services=>file_exist
This method cl_gui_frontend_services=>file_exist checks if a file exists already .
SO_OBJECT_DOWNLOAD
SO_OBJECT_DOWNLOAD function module will create a file from internal table in SAP to a given pathname.
ABAP Code for SAP Attachment Mass extraction
Let’s start with the Data declaration we need to Extract Attachment:
*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
*& Report ZATTACHMENT_MASS_EXT
*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
*& Mass extraction of SAP Attachment for Sales Document
*& Files will be download to local directory
*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
REPORT Zattachment_mass_ext.
TABLES: vbak.
TYPES: BEGIN OF ty_vbeln,
vbeln TYPE vbeln,
instid_b LIKE srgbtbrel-instid_b,
END OF ty_vbeln.
DATA: BEGIN OF sood_tab OCCURS 0,
objtp LIKE sood-objtp,
objyr LIKE sood-objyr,
objno LIKE sood-objno,
objdes LIKE sood-objdes,
file_ext LIKE sood-file_ext,
objlen LIKE sood-objlen,
extct LIKE sood-extct,
END OF sood_tab.
DATA: lt_vbeln TYPE TABLE OF ty_vbeln.
DATA: bin_filesize LIKE soxwd-doc_length.
DATA: bakfilename_g LIKE rlgrap-filename.
DATA: soc3key_g LIKE soc3-srtfd.
DATA: lv_file TYPE string.
DATA: lv_vbeln TYPE string.
DATA objcont_tab LIKE soli OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE.
DATA: l_result TYPE c,
l_datfilename TYPE string,
rtcode_g LIKE sy-subrc.
FIELD-SYMBOLS: LIKE LINE OF sood_tab.
FIELD-SYMBOLS: LIKE LINE OF lt_vbeln.The second step is to define the Select Screen
SELECT-OPTIONS: s_erdat FOR vbak-erdat.
SELECT-OPTIONS: s_vbeln FOR vbak-vbeln.
SELECT-OPTIONS: s_ktaar FOR vbak-ktaar.
SELECT-OPTIONS: s_vkorg FOR vbak-vkorg.
PARAMETERS: p_lpath LIKE rlgrap-filename DEFAULT 'C:'.
" Help Search for Local Directory search
AT SELECTION-SCREEN ON VALUE-REQUEST FOR p_lpath.
DATA : lv_folder TYPE string.
CALL METHOD cl_gui_frontend_services=>directory_browse
EXPORTING
window_title = 'Please Select a destination folder'
initial_folder = 'C:'
CHANGING
selected_folder = lv_folder.
p_lpath = lv_folder .
CALL METHOD cl_gui_cfw=>flush.The last step is the extraction of SAP Attachments:
START-OF-SELECTION.
" Retrieve list of SAP Attachment
SELECT vbak~vbeln srgbtbrel~instid_b FROM srgbtbrel AS srgbtbrel
INNER JOIN vbak AS vbak
ON vbak~vbeln = srgbtbrel~instid_a
APPENDING TABLE lt_vbeln
PACKAGE SIZE 5000
WHERE vbak~vbeln IN s_vbeln[]
AND vbak~erdat IN s_erdat[]
AND vbak~ktaar IN s_ktaar[]
AND vbak~vkorg IN s_vkorg[]
AND vbak~kunnr IN s_kunnr[]
AND ( vbak~trvog = 'A' OR vbak~trvog = '9' )
AND srgbtbrel~reltype = 'ATTA'
AND ( srgbtbrel~typeid_a = 'BUSXXX' OR srgbtbrel~typeid_a = 'BUSXXX' )
AND srgbtbrel~typeid_b = 'MESSAGE'.
ENDSELECT.
CHECK lt_vbeln[] IS NOT INITIAL.
SORT lt_vbeln BY instid_b.
DELETE ADJACENT DUPLICATES FROM lt_vbeln COMPARING instid_b.
" Retrieve File Attributs of SAP Attachments
SELECT objtp objyr objno objdes file_ext objlen extct
APPENDING TABLE sood_tab FROM sood
PACKAGE SIZE 5000
FOR ALL ENTRIES IN lt_vbeln
WHERE objtp = lt_vbeln-instid_b+17(3)
AND objyr = lt_vbeln-instid_b+20(2)
AND objno = lt_vbeln-instid_b+22(12).
ENDSELECT.
CHECK sood_tab[] IS NOT INITIAL.
SORT sood_tab BY objtp objyr objno.
DELETE ADJACENT DUPLICATES FROM sood_tab COMPARING objtp objyr objno.
LOOP AT sood_tab ASSIGNING WHERE objlen GT 0.
REFRESH objcont_tab[].
CLEAR: lv_vbeln, l_result , l_datfilename, lv_file,
bin_filesize, bakfilename_g, lv_file, soc3key_g.
" Check VBELN
LOOP AT lt_vbeln ASSIGNING
WHERE instid_b+17(3) = -objtp
AND instid_b+20(2) = -objyr
AND instid_b+22(12) = -objno.
lv_vbeln = -vbeln.
EXIT.
ENDLOOP.
IF lv_vbeln IS INITIAL .
CONTINUE.
ENDIF.
" Build File Name for SAP Attachment
CONCATENATE lv_vbeln '_' -objdes '.' -file_ext INTO lv_file.
CONDENSE lv_file NO-GAPS.
" Replace unsupported caracters in windows filename
REPLACE ALL OCCURRENCES OF '/' IN lv_file WITH '_'. " for example
IF p_local = 'X'.
CONCATENATE p_lpath '' lv_file INTO lv_file.
ENDIF.
REPLACE ALL OCCURRENCES OF '' IN lv_file WITH ''.
" Check if file exist
l_datfilename = lv_file.
CALL METHOD cl_gui_frontend_services=>file_exist
EXPORTING
file = l_datfilename
RECEIVING
result = l_result
EXCEPTIONS
cntl_error = 1
error_no_gui = 2
wrong_parameter = 3
not_supported_by_gui = 4
OTHERS = 5.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
CONTINUE.
ENDIF.
IF l_result IS NOT INITIAL.
APPEND INITIAL LINE TO lt_return ASSIGNING .
-type = 'I'.
-number = 'XXX'.
-id = 'ZMSG'.
-message_v1 = lv_file.
CONCATENATE lv_file 'already exists' INTO -message SEPARATED BY space.
CONTINUE.
ENDIF.
" Build SAP Attachment Key
CONCATENATE -objtp -objyr -objno
INTO soc3key_g.
IMPORT objcont_tab FROM DATABASE soc3(dt) ID soc3key_g.
IF sy-subrc EQ 0.
bin_filesize = -objlen.
bakfilename_g = lv_file.
" Download SAP Attachment
CALL FUNCTION 'SO_OBJECT_DOWNLOAD'
EXPORTING
bin_filesize = bin_filesize
filetype = 'BIN'
path_and_file = bakfilename_g
extct = -extct
no_dialog = 'X'
TABLES
objcont = objcont_tab
EXCEPTIONS
file_write_error = 1
invalid_type = 2
x_error = 3
kpro_error = 4
OTHERS = 5.
IF sy-subrc = 0.
APPEND INITIAL LINE TO lt_return ASSIGNING .
-type = 'S'.
-number = '000'.
-id = 'ZXXX'.
-message_v1 = lv_file.
CONCATENATE lv_file 'SAP Attachment cannot be extracted' INTO -message SEPARATED BY space.
CONTINUE.
ELSE.
APPEND INITIAL LINE TO lt_return ASSIGNING .
CALL FUNCTION 'BALW_BAPIRETURN_GET2'
EXPORTING
type = sy-msgty
cl = sy-msgid
number = sy-msgno
par1 = sy-msgv1
par2 = sy-msgv2
par3 = sy-msgv3
par4 = sy-msgv4
IMPORTING
return = .
CONTINUE.
ENDIF.
ENDIF.
REFRESH objcont_tab[].
ENDLOOP.
REFRESH objcont_tab[].
REFRESH lt_vbeln[].
