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Import table from a program into own report

Former Member — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 09:58:38 GMT

Hello mates,

i am calling the program 'rs_abap_source_scan' via submit in my own report.

I debugged the program and found an useful table for my issue named 'gt_alv_item'. Now i want to use this table in my own report.

How can i Import the table 'gt_alv_item' into my own report?

Thank you in advance.

Emre

Re: Import table from a program into own report

hubert_heitzer — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 10:17:06 GMT

Hi Emre,

you can try some dirty assignment:

[code]

...

SUBMIT 'RS_ABAP_SOURCE_SCAN' AND RETURN.

FIELD-SYMBOLS <fs> TYPE table.

ASSIGN ('(RS_ABAP_SOURCE_SCAN)GT_ALV_ITEM[]') TO <fs>.

...

[\code]

Regards, Hubert

Re: Import table from a program into own report

Former Member — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 12:41:12 GMT

Hi,

thank you for your reply. I did it exactly like you mentioned it and i dont get any error Messages, but it doesn't work. I think it is not possible.. at least in my case.

I'll just copy the program and use it as a function module.

Have a nice day

Emre

Re: Import table from a program into own report

Former Member — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 13:40:06 GMT

Hi Emre

Don't copy the program.

Think about it - the called program has ended when your program regains control so where is the table ?

If you are looking for the results use the clause 'EXPORTING LIST TO MEMORY' of the SUBMIT command and then the function modules 'LIST_FROM_MEMORY' and 'LIST_TO_ASCI' to get the details back.

Then parse the table returned in your abap program.

Rich

Re: Import table from a program into own report

Former Member — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 13:41:04 GMT

Hubert.....

The called program has ended by the time you regain control. Where would the internal table be stored ?

Rich

Re: Import table from a program into own report

hubert_heitzer — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 13:54:23 GMT

maybe its still somewhere in the memory but unfortunallay ABAP RT cannot address it anymore

Re: Import table from a program into own report

Former Member — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 13:59:08 GMT

Yes, until the next malloc() which then eats half of it and invalidates the rest.....

Re: Import table from a program into own report

renal_dmello — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 06:43:53 GMT

Hi,

Try the below

SUBMIT report_name WITH selectoption1 eq variable

exporting list to memory AND RETURN.

*get list from memory

CALL FUNCTION 'LIST_FROM_MEMORY'

TABLES

LISTOBJECT = IT_TAB.

* convert into asci format

CALL FUNCTION 'LIST_TO_ASCI'

TABLES

listasci = text_TAB

listobject = it_TAB

EXCEPTIONS

empty_list = 1

list_index_invalid = 2

OTHERS = 3.

loop at text_tab.

*copy the contents of the output here into your variable / internal table.

endloop.

*then free memory

call function 'LIST_FREE_MEMORY'.

Re: Import table from a program into own report

Former Member — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 08:47:32 GMT

Isn't that what I said ???

Re: Import table from a program into own report

Former Member — Tue, 08 Mar 2016 14:12:54 GMT

Hello,

i wasn't active for a while, sorry for that.

Sounds like a solution, but what type does text_tab and it_tab have? Are they both abaplist?

My program crashes when using text_tab as a abaplist in the asci function. For list_from_memory it's ok.

Regards

Emre

Re: Import table from a program into own report

Former Member — Tue, 08 Mar 2016 14:18:54 GMT

ListAsci is a table of char the width of your report

ListObject is your abaplist

Re: Import table from a program into own report

RaymondGiuseppi — Tue, 08 Mar 2016 14:19:20 GMT

Well gt_alv_item seems related to ALV, no?

So use search tool on cl_salv_bs_runtime_info to retrieve this internal table and prevent display of ALV (or read Gain Programmatic Access to Data of SAPGUI ALV Reports)

Regards,

Raymond

Re: Import table from a program into own report

Former Member — Tue, 08 Mar 2016 14:23:54 GMT

Hi Raymond,

And this is available after the scan has returned to the calling program ?

Rich

Re: Import table from a program into own report

RaymondGiuseppi — Tue, 08 Mar 2016 14:41:18 GMT

Hi Richard,

Yes, the ALV is not displayed (optional) but exported to memory, and you get it back in the caller. Check sample in Creating my own custom a report from t-code rsusr200 or in Glen's document.

Regards,

Raymond