Open Dataset to Presentation server batch mode

[Former Member]

I'd like to download an internal table to the presentation server. i.e. "C:\TEMP\MYFILE.TXT' in batch mode. Unfortunately, GUI_DOWNLOAD prevents this.

All of my attempts to use OPEN DATASET don't create a file, either in foreground or background mode. I don't get an open file error but nothing gets created.

Is there a way to do this?

[RichHeilman]

You can not use OPEN DATASET to download or upload files to the presentation. You can only use this to upload/download to the application server. In doing this, it will work in both foreground and background. There is no "easy" way to download to the presentation server from a background process. I'm not saying that it can't be done, but you must jump thru a couple of hoops to do it.

Regards,

Rich Heilman

[Former Member]

Hi ,

OPEN DATA Sets -- For Uploading/Down loading fiels from Application server.

Please define a file path in your program and then use "OPEN DATASET L_FILE FOR OUTPUT ".

Then the O/P data will write to that file on application server.

Example:

*---opens application server file

OPEN DATASET L_FILE FOR OUTPUT IN BINARY MODE.

"encoding default.

IF SY-SUBRC = 0.

LOOP AT I_TAB1.

TRANSFER I_TAB1 TO L_FILE.

ENDLOOP.

*--- closes error file

CLOSE DATASET L_FILE.

ELSE.

• message i000 with 'Unable to download PDF file'.

ENDIF.

Regards,

Lanka

Rich : you are too fast and I am fully agree with Rich.

Message was edited by: Lanka Murthy

[Former Member]

Thanks, folks. I sort of figured that it would be difficult because how would the batch job know who/where the job was started.

I'll contact my basis folks and have them create an output directory for the user.

[RichHeilman]

Exactly, once you are in the background, the process knows nothing about the frontend client.

Regards,

Rich Heilman

[Former Member]

What we do is run a batch job that creates a file on the application server. Then the user runs a program from R3 that uploads the file from the server and uses something like GUI_DOWNLOAD to write to the PC. You could as well open EXCEL directly in the second job.

Rob

[Former Member]

Thanks, Rob.

This is the scenario I decided to go with.

The users whine a bit, but cest la vie

[Former Member]

Hello,

I'm got encountered with the same problem. We have generated file on application server successfully but download to presentation server is not working as i have used gui_download.We have set batchjob but because we used download function module job is getting cancelled as this is foreground activity.

We removed gui_download code and i tried to download file using open dataset and transfer method but it is not writing file on ps.

Please suggest other way to achieve the requirement.

[Private_Member_7726]

Hi,

Ask the admins to create "mount"/"share" of AS folder that users can access from their clients..?

cheers,

Janis