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    <title>topic FAA_FILE_UPLOAD_EXCEL in Application Development and Automation Discussions</title>
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    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;i receive an XLS file with fm FAA_FILE_UPLOAD_EXCEL thus:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;CODE&gt;
  CALL FUNCTION 'FAA_FILE_UPLOAD_EXCEL'
    EXPORTING
      i_filename                 = file
      i_delimiter                = '|'
    TABLES
      et_filecontent             = t_nat
   EXCEPTIONS
     error_accessing_file       = 1
     OTHERS                     = 2.
&lt;/CODE&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;P&gt;Next i do:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;CODE&gt;
  LOOP AT t_nat.
    SPLIT t_nat AT '|' INTO
   t_fields-fied1 t_fields-field2
   t_fields-field3 t_fields-field4
   t_fields-field5 t_fields-field6
   t_fields-field7.                                       
  .............
  ENDLOOP.
&lt;/CODE&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;P&gt;the question is:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;if the first cell of the excel file is empty then the split shifts left and i get the wrong values.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;e.g. excel file &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;1st row -&amp;gt;   value1 value2 value3 value4 value5 value6 value7&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; 2nd row -&amp;gt;           value2 value3 value4 value5 value6 value7 &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;as you can see the first cell of the second excel row is empty.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;after the split the resulting internal table would be&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;1st row  -&amp;gt; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;t_fields-field1 = value1&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;t_fields-field2 = value2&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;t_fields-field3 = value3&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;t_fields-field4 = value4&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;t_fields-field5 = value5&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;t_fields-field6 = value6&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;t_fields-field7 = value7&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;2nd row -&amp;gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;t_fields-field1 = value2&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;t_fields-field2 = value3&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;t_fields-field3 = value4&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;t_fields-field4 = value5&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;t_fields-field5 = value6&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;t_fields-field6 = value7&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;t_fields-field7 = &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;What do i need to do to get the correct values if the first cell is empty?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Best regards&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:15:35 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>former_member182371</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-11-21T08:15:35Z</dc:date>
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      <title>FAA_FILE_UPLOAD_EXCEL</title>
      <link>https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/faa-file-upload-excel/m-p/4809742#M1125842</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;i receive an XLS file with fm FAA_FILE_UPLOAD_EXCEL thus:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;CODE&gt;
  CALL FUNCTION 'FAA_FILE_UPLOAD_EXCEL'
    EXPORTING
      i_filename                 = file
      i_delimiter                = '|'
    TABLES
      et_filecontent             = t_nat
   EXCEPTIONS
     error_accessing_file       = 1
     OTHERS                     = 2.
&lt;/CODE&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;P&gt;Next i do:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;CODE&gt;
  LOOP AT t_nat.
    SPLIT t_nat AT '|' INTO
   t_fields-fied1 t_fields-field2
   t_fields-field3 t_fields-field4
   t_fields-field5 t_fields-field6
   t_fields-field7.                                       
  .............
  ENDLOOP.
&lt;/CODE&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;P&gt;the question is:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;if the first cell of the excel file is empty then the split shifts left and i get the wrong values.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;e.g. excel file &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;1st row -&amp;gt;   value1 value2 value3 value4 value5 value6 value7&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; 2nd row -&amp;gt;           value2 value3 value4 value5 value6 value7 &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;as you can see the first cell of the second excel row is empty.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;after the split the resulting internal table would be&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;1st row  -&amp;gt; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;t_fields-field1 = value1&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;t_fields-field2 = value2&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;t_fields-field3 = value3&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;t_fields-field4 = value4&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;t_fields-field5 = value5&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;t_fields-field6 = value6&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;t_fields-field7 = value7&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;2nd row -&amp;gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;t_fields-field1 = value2&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;t_fields-field2 = value3&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;t_fields-field3 = value4&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;t_fields-field4 = value5&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;t_fields-field5 = value6&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;t_fields-field6 = value7&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;t_fields-field7 = &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;What do i need to do to get the correct values if the first cell is empty?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Best regards&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:15:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/faa-file-upload-excel/m-p/4809742#M1125842</guid>
      <dc:creator>former_member182371</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-11-21T08:15:35Z</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title>Re: FAA_FILE_UPLOAD_EXCEL</title>
      <link>https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/faa-file-upload-excel/m-p/4809743#M1125843</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;LOOP AT t_nat.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;    SPLIT t_nat AT '|' INTO&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;   t_fields-fied1 t_fields-field2&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;   t_fields-field3 t_fields-field4&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;   t_fields-field5 t_fields-field6&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;   t_fields-field7.    &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;                                   &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;  *Check if t_fields-field7 is initial at this point ,if it is intial then you can figure out that first cell is empty&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;  ENDLOOP.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; Trythis.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Regards &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Neha&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:52:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/faa-file-upload-excel/m-p/4809743#M1125843</guid>
      <dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-11-21T08:52:36Z</dc:date>
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