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Using SUBMIT in RFC giving error

Former Member — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 12:59:32 GMT

Hi Experts

I have created a RFC and in that i am calling another program to get some data using SUBMIT with a bunch of selection value. New if i run it in SAP through SE37 then it works fine, but if somebody calls this RFC from some third party software like .NET then it gives error on SUBMIT statement saying "NOT_SUPPORTED_BY_GUI".

Kindly help me to resolve it.

Thanks in advance

Regards

Ashutosh

Re: Using SUBMIT in RFC giving error

Private_Member_65391 — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 13:36:41 GMT

Hello Ashutosh,

Instead of Submiting the report directly, try to Schedule a Background Job for that report from RFC.

Sample code:

CALL FUNCTION 'JOB_OPEN'

EXPORTING

DELANFREP = 'X'

JOBNAME = L_NAME

IMPORTING

JOBCOUNT = L_NUMBER

EXCEPTIONS

CANT_CREATE_JOB = 1

INVALID_JOB_DATA = 2

JOBNAME_MISSING = 3

OTHERS = 4.

IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.

* Implement suitable error handling here

ELSE.

* Schdule Background job for Report

SUBMIT ZXXXX TO SAP-SPOOL

* WITH S_VBELN = R_VBELN

SPOOL PARAMETERS PRINT_PARAMS WITHOUT SPOOL DYNPRO

USER 'SAPBATCH' "SY-UNAME

VIA JOB L_NAME

NUMBER L_NUMBER

AND RETURN.

IF SY-SUBRC = 0.

* Close Job

CALL FUNCTION 'JOB_CLOSE'

EXPORTING

JOBCOUNT = L_NUMBER

JOBNAME = L_NAME

STRTIMMED = 'X'

EXCEPTIONS

CANT_START_IMMEDIATE = 1

INVALID_STARTDATE = 2

JOBNAME_MISSING = 3

JOB_CLOSE_FAILED = 4

JOB_NOSTEPS = 5

JOB_NOTEX = 6

LOCK_FAILED = 7

INVALID_TARGET = 8

OTHERS = 9.

IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.

* Implement suitable error handling here

ENDIF.

CONCATENATE 'Background Job with Name' L_NAME 'Scheduled Sucessfully'

INTO RETURN-MESSAGE SEPARATED BY SPACE.

APPEND RETURN.

ENDIF.

Re: Using SUBMIT in RFC giving error

Former Member — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 05:46:15 GMT

Hi Uyala

Thanks for your reply but it didn't solved my problem, even by your method background program is not calling in SAP also.

Let me update you something about my issue that is i am getting my output of background report in internal table and using it in RFC FM.

Here is my code which i was trying.

EXPORT rfc_name TO MEMORY ID 'ZRFC'.
   CALL FUNCTION 'JOB_OPEN'
     EXPORTING
      DELANFREP              = 'X'
*     JOBGROUP               = ' '
       jobname                = job_name
    IMPORTING
      JOBCOUNT               = job_num     .
   IF sy-subrc <> 0.
* Implement suitable error handling here
   ENDIF.

SUBMIT ZREPORT TO SAP-SPOOL WITH SELECTION-TABLE it_sel SPOOL PARAMETERS print_params WITHOUT SPOOL DYNPRO
   USER sy-uname VIA JOB job_name NUMBER job_num AND RETURN.

   CALL FUNCTION 'JOB_CLOSE'
     EXPORTING
       jobcount                          = job_num
       jobname                           = job_name
      STRTIMMED                         = 'X'
    EXCEPTIONS
      CANT_START_IMMEDIATE              = 1
      INVALID_STARTDATE                 = 2
      JOBNAME_MISSING                   = 3
      JOB_CLOSE_FAILED                  = 4
      JOB_NOSTEPS                       = 5
      JOB_NOTEX                         = 6
      LOCK_FAILED                       = 7
      INVALID_TARGET                    = 8
      OTHERS                            = 9
             .
   IF sy-subrc <> 0.
* Implement suitable error handling here
   ENDIF.

   IMPORT FINAL FROM MEMORY ID 'ZRFC'.
   FREE MEMORY ID 'ZRFC'.

Regards

Ashutosh

Re: Using SUBMIT in RFC giving error

dhruv_mehta — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 05:58:03 GMT

What do you mean by background program not getting called.. by submit it gets scheduled in background job check sm37 ur job has to be there.

Re: Using SUBMIT in RFC giving error

Former Member — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 06:39:21 GMT

Hi Dhruvin

Yes it is in SM37 but it is calcelled.

Re: Using SUBMIT in RFC giving error

Former Member — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 06:45:18 GMT

Hi,

Please check the log for cancelled job then you will get an idea where it is failed.

Thanks,

Sree

Re: Using SUBMIT in RFC giving error

dhruv_mehta — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 08:20:10 GMT

Then check the error due to what it has been cancelled ur program which got submitted should not have anything which requires GUI.

Re: Using SUBMIT in RFC giving error

Private_Member_65391 — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 11:16:00 GMT

Hi Ashutosh,

It may take some time to complete the Back ground Job. It may causes no data from Memory.. So try to give some time before importing the Data.

First Execute it in Foreground in debug mode. Stop after scheduling the Back ground Job for some time and wait untill successful completion of the the Job. then execute remaining and get it from Memory..

If the memory return values, you can write 'wait untill n sec..' statement before 'Import final..' statement..

Try to find out the reason for Cancelling the Job & try without selection table in Submit for Testing purpose..

Regards,

Raghu

Re: Using SUBMIT in RFC giving error

muralikrishnan_vijayanp — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 12:22:28 GMT

Hi Ashutosh,

The background job will work in a separate session, so i doubt whether the data you exported to memory can be used inside the submitted program. Also you will have to add a wait till the background job complete the execution to get the output. imo, here also the import will not work as the batch job runs in a different session).

Regards,

Murali

Re: Using SUBMIT in RFC giving error

Clemenss — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 20:09:46 GMT

Hi,

does you SUBMItted program try to do any kind of screen interaction? An RFC call is a background task where no GUI or screen or user is avaliable.

If the SUBMItted program runs as background job (try using SA38 and F9) then it will also run when submitted by RFC function.

BTW: What program do you submit, what does the dump tell you about source code where the error occurred?

Regards

Clemens

Re: Using SUBMIT in RFC giving error

SanketGode45 — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 16:07:24 GMT

Hi ,

I am currently implementing an rfc i.e inbound I am getting vbeln as input from user in importing parameters and i am exporting other column details from same custom table i use. and all field type in rfc is standard as i use in table also.

but there is a problem when i trigger the other program it execute the rfc with subrc = 0. and while execution it fills the exporting parameters correctly but when it comes back to main program it don't fill the parameters in main program that are there in response to the exporting parameters of rfc ?

i have create as rfc as remote inable and also declare both importing and exporting parameters as pass by value.

Still i haven't got those output/exporting in main program have anyone ever face this problem ?

can you guys help me out ?