Background execution for html output

[Former Member]

Hi Experts,

I'm having a bit of a problem with creating folders and html files using background execution. The problem is that, everytime I execute the background processing, it cancels. The program actually creates folders and subfolders for the spool list in html file. I used the FM WS_DOWNLOAD to download the html file to the folder. Any ideas on this? Hope you could help me. Thanks.

[Former Member]

WS_DOWNLOAD (and the non-obsolete version GUI_DOWNLOAD or the class for this interaction) uses functionality in the SAPGui to transfer data to your PC / LAN... but a background job has no such connection and so cannot write to the PC / LAN that way. Typically a background job will write data to files on the application server and you then need to transfer them from there.

Jonathan

[Former Member]

WS_DOWNLOAD will not work in background mode as background processsing takes place at application server and WS_DOWNLOAD can download only at presentation server. Also this obsolete FM. Latest FM is GUI_DOWNLOAD. But this also doesnt work in background mode.

In background mode you will have to store the files on application server.

Have a look at below link:

[Working with files on application server|http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/fc/eb3c7f358411d1829f0000e829fbfe/frameset.htm]

I hope it helps.

Thanks,

Vibha

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[Former Member]

Hi. Thanks for your replies. Actually, I already know how to save in application server, it's just that we handle massive volume of data, that's why I was looking for other alternatives where in we can just save the files in a different server just so it wouldn't get too crowded in the application server. Will there be a difference if I try to do background processing in one of the shared folders in a server instead of using application server? Will it work? Thanks so much.

Edited by: Anna Bechayda on Apr 25, 2008 12:57 PM

[Former Member]

The sites I've worked on typically have gigs & gigs on the application server (check with Basis) so provided the files are only present for a short while there typically is no problem... but you should be able to write (permissions depending, of course) to any {logical or physical} drive that can be seen from the application server - you could also consider an FTP step at the end of the job that writes the data in background to get your files across.

Jonathan