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Executing a program multiple times automatically

Former Member — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 07:46:04 GMT

Hi All,

I need to write an abap program which takes a list of inputs from a flat file and executes another program that many number

of times.

Eg if my file contains AAA,BBB,CCC values then these values should be passed to another prog say Z_XYZ which will get

execute three times automatically using the corresponding values AAA,BBB,CCC as inputs .

Thanks,

Faiz

Re: Executing a program multiple times automatically

schneidertho — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 17:06:35 GMT

Hi Faiz,

have you tried the SUBMIT? See:

http://help.sap.com/abapdocu_70/en/ABAPSUBMIT.htm

http://help.sap.com/abapdocu_70/en/ABAPSUBMIT_SELSCREEN_PARAMETERS.htm

Best regards

Thorsten

Re: Executing a program multiple times automatically

Former Member — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 17:19:26 GMT

Hi Thorsten,

Using Submit we can pass the data to the selection screen,but I want to execute the program multiple times using different data as I had expalined above.

Can u pls give a detailed explanation on how to achieve this.

Thanks,

Faiz

Re: Executing a program multiple times automatically

schneidertho — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 17:25:27 GMT

Hi Faiz,

have you tried calling the program via SUBMIT inside a loop (with addition SUBMIT... AND RETURN)... and using the possibilities in the linked documentation to fill the selection screen? That should work as far as I know.

Or is your requirement to run the reports in parallel?

Best regards

Thorsten

Re: Executing a program multiple times automatically

Former Member — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 17:52:54 GMT

Hi Thorsten,

I'll explain my requirement in detail.

My file contains these values - AAA,BBB,CCC .Now I want to create a prog(prog 1),which will take these 3 values from the file pass these values to the selection screen of prog2 one by one and using these values it will execute prog2 , three times and generate 3 outputs for the corresponding 3 input values.

Regards,

Faiz

Re: Executing a program multiple times automatically

dirk_wittenberg — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:16:22 GMT

Hi Faiz,

but that's exactly what you can achieve with Thorsten's solution using SUBMIT ... AND RETURN.

Regards,

Dirk

Re: Executing a program multiple times automatically

schneidertho — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:40:56 GMT

Hi Faiz,

I believe when you read the attached links, you will understand how to do it.

Anyway... I had created a simple test report sometime ago. I just added three variables to show the basic approach in your case. Maybe it helps.

(I know there is a better way to format code in SCN, but somehow it does not work properly...)

REPORT zts_report1.

PARAMETERS: p_arbgb TYPE t100-arbgb.

DATA: gs_t100 TYPE t100.

SELECT * FROM t100 INTO gs_t100
WHERE arbgb = p_arbgb
AND sprsl = sy-langu.
WRITE: / gs_t100-arbgb, space, gs_t100-msgnr, space, gs_t100-text.
ENDSELECT.

REPORT zts_report2.

PARAMETERS: p_arbgb1 TYPE t100-arbgb.
PARAMETERS: p_arbgb2 TYPE t100-arbgb.
PARAMETERS: p_arbgb3 TYPE t100-arbgb.

DATA: gv_index TYPE sy-index,
      gt_rspar TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF rsparams,
      gs_rspar TYPE rsparams,
      gt_listobject TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF abaplist.

DO 3 TIMES.
gv_index = sy-index.
CLEAR: gt_rspar[],
         gs_rspar.
gs_rspar-selname = 'P_ARBGB'.
gs_rspar-kind = 'P'.
CASE gv_index.
    WHEN 1.
      gs_rspar-low = p_arbgb1.
    WHEN 2.
      gs_rspar-low = p_arbgb2.
    WHEN 3.
      gs_rspar-low = p_arbgb3.
ENDCASE.
APPEND gs_rspar TO gt_rspar.

SUBMIT zts_report1 WITH SELECTION-TABLE gt_rspar
         EXPORTING LIST TO MEMORY AND RETURN.

CALL FUNCTION 'LIST_FROM_MEMORY'
    TABLES
      listobject = gt_listobject[]
    EXCEPTIONS
      not_found = 1
      OTHERS     = 2.
CALL FUNCTION 'WRITE_LIST'
    TABLES
      listobject = gt_listobject[]
    EXCEPTIONS
      empty_list = 1
      OTHERS     = 2.
ENDDO.

Best regards

Thorsten

Re: Executing a program multiple times automatically

Former Member — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 06:08:43 GMT

Thanks Thorsten for ur help...I will surely try this and get back to u..