ABAP Code correction

[susrith2021]

My requirement is to download the DEBMAS IDOC as when a customer created in SAP to FTP folder (without any middleware like XI/PO/PI).

I am trying to execute a code which I taken as reference from IDOC to excel file and while I am checking syntax errors getting error ""TAB_CR" must be a character-like data object (data type C, N, D, T, or STRING)"

Please help me regards this.

*----------------------------------------------------------------------*
*                       Report Z_DISPLAY_IDOC_DATA                     *
*----------------------------------------------------------------------*
************************************************************************
*    This tool reads an existing IDOC and displays the contents in a   *
* spreadsheet format. The spreadsheet (MS-EXCEL) will be automatically *
*                     created if D_EXCEL = 'X'.                        *
************************************************************************
REPORT z_display_idoc_data.

DATA: idoc_control             LIKE edidc,
      number_of_data_records   LIKE sy-dbcnt,
      number_of_status_records LIKE sy-dbcnt,
      int_edids                LIKE edids OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE,
      int_edidd                LIKE edidd OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE.

TYPE-POOLS :  ledid.

DATA: struct_type     TYPE  ledid_struct_type,
      idoc_struct     TYPE  ledid_t_idoc_struct,
      segments        TYPE  ledid_t_segment,
      segment_struct  TYPE  ledid_t_segment_struct,
      excel_tab(2000) OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE.

PARAMETERS: docnum  LIKE edidc-docnum OBLIGATORY, ""Idoc Number
            sap_rel LIKE sy-saprl DEFAULT sy-saprl OBLIGATORY,
            pi_ver  LIKE edi_verrec-version DEFAULT '3' OBLIGATORY,
            d_excel AS CHECKBOX DEFAULT 'X'. ""Download ?

START-OF-SELECTION.
  PERFORM read_idoc.
  PERFORM process_idoc.
  IF d_excel = 'X'.
    PERFORM download_to_excel.
  ENDIF.

END-OF-SELECTION.

FORM read_idoc.
  CALL FUNCTION 'IDOC_READ_COMPLETELY'
    EXPORTING
      document_number          = docnum
    IMPORTING
      idoc_control             = idoc_control
      number_of_data_records   = number_of_data_records
      number_of_status_records = number_of_status_records
    TABLES
      int_edids                = int_edids
      int_edidd                = int_edidd
    EXCEPTIONS
      document_not_exist       = 1
      document_number_invalid  = 2
      OTHERS                   = 3.
  IF sy-subrc <> 0.
    MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno
            WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
  ENDIF.

ENDFORM.                    "" read_idoc

FORM process_idoc.
  PERFORM read_idoc_structure.
  PERFORM display_data_records.
ENDFORM.                    "" process_idoc

FORM display_data_records.

  DATA: PE_seg_HEADER LIKE edi_sapi01,
        segname       LIKE edi_iapi12-segmenttyp,
        prev_segname  LIKE edi_iapi12-segmenttyp VALUE ' ',
        pt_fields2    LIKE edi_iapi12 OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE,
        pt_fvalues2   LIKE edi_iapi14 OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE,
        byte_first    TYPE i,
        byte_last     TYPE i,
        field_val(50),
        tmp_str(15),
        tmp_str3(15),
        seg_repeats   TYPE i VALUE 0,
        tmp_str2(15),
        tab_cr(1)     TYPE x VALUE '09',
        tot_ctr       TYPE i VALUE 0,
        ctr           TYPE i VALUE 0,
        msg(40)       TYPE c.

  DATA: IDOC_STRUCT_wa TYPE  ledid_idoc_struct.

  SORT int_edidd BY segnum.
  DESCRIBE TABLE int_edidd LINES tot_ctr.
  LOOP AT int_edidd.
    MOVE int_edidd-segnam TO segname.
    CLEAR msg.
    CONCATENATE 'Reading segment ' segname
                INTO msg SEPARATED BY space.
    IF tot_ctr <> 0.
      ctr = ( 100 * sy-tabix ) / tot_ctr.
    ENDIF.
    CALL FUNCTION 'SAPGUI_PROGRESS_INDICATOR'
      EXPORTING
        percentage = ctr
        text       = msg.
    ADD 1 TO seg_repeats.
    CLEAR tmp_str2.
    IF int_edidd-segnam <> prev_segname.
      seg_repeats = 1.
      CLEAR: pe_seg_header, pt_fields2, pt_fvalues2.
      REFRESH: pt_fields2, pt_fvalues2.
      CALL FUNCTION 'SEGMENT_READ_COMPLETE'
        EXPORTING
          pi_segtyp                 = segname
          pi_release                = sap_rel
          pi_version                = pi_ver
        IMPORTING
          pe_header                 = pe_seg_header
        TABLES
          pt_fields                 = pt_fields2
          pt_fvalues                = pt_fvalues2
        EXCEPTIONS
          segment_unknown           = 1
          segment_structure_unknown = 2
          OTHERS                    = 3.
      IF sy-subrc <> 0.
        MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE 'I' NUMBER sy-msgno
                WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
      ENDIF.
      prev_segname = int_edidd-segnam.
    ENDIF.
    READ TABLE idoc_struct INTO idoc_struct_wa WITH KEY
                           segment_type = int_edidd-segnam.
    IF sy-subrc = 0.
      IF idoc_struct_wa-syntax_attrib-mustfl = 'X'.
        tmp_str = 'Mandatory'.                  ""Mandatory
      ELSE.
        tmp_str = 'Optional'.                  ""Optional
      ENDIF.
      IF IDOC_STRUCT_wa-segment_type_attrib-qualifier = 'X'.
        tmp_str3 = 'Qualified'.
      ELSE.
        tmp_str3 = 'Non-Qualified'.
      ENDIF.
      SHIFT IDOC_STRUCT_wa-syntax_attrib-occmax
                                 LEFT DELETING LEADING '0'.
      MOVE seg_repeats TO tmp_str2.
      CONDENSE: IDOC_STRUCT_wa-syntax_attrib-occmax, tmp_str2.
      CONCATENATE tmp_str2 'of'  IDOC_STRUCT_wa-syntax_attrib-occmax
          INTO tmp_str2 SEPARATED BY space.

      WRITE 😕 IDOC_STRUCT_wa-segment_type,
           tmp_str,
           tmp_str3,
           tmp_str2,
           IDOC_STRUCT_wa-syntax_attrib-hlevel,
           IDOC_STRUCT_wa-segment_type_attrib-plast,
           IDOC_STRUCT_wa-segment_type_attrib-descrp.
      IF d_excel = 'X'.
        CONCATENATE 'Segment Name' tab_cr
                    'Mand / Opt ' tab_cr
                    'Qual / non-Qual' tab_cr
                    'Seq of Max' tab_cr
                    'Level' tab_cr
                    'Owner' tab_cr
                    'Description'
                    INTO excel_tab.
        APPEND excel_tab.
        CONCATENATE IDOC_STRUCT_wa-segment_type tab_cr
              tmp_str tab_cr
              tmp_str3 tab_cr
              tmp_str2 tab_cr
              IDOC_STRUCT_wa-syntax_attrib-hlevel tab_cr
              IDOC_STRUCT_wa-segment_type_attrib-plast tab_cr
              IDOC_STRUCT_wa-segment_type_attrib-descrp
              INTO excel_tab.
        APPEND excel_tab.
        CONCATENATE tab_cr
                    'Field Nma' tab_cr
                    'Type' tab_cr
                    'Length' tab_cr
                    'Byte From' tab_cr
                    'Byte To' tab_cr
                    'Description' tab_cr
                    'Value' tab_cr
                    'Qualifier Meaning'
                    INTO excel_tab.
        APPEND excel_tab.
      ENDIF.
    ENDIF.
    SORT pt_fields2 BY field_pos.
    byte_first = 0.
    LOOP AT pt_fields2.
      CLEAR: field_val.
      byte_last = pt_fields2-extlen.
      WRITE int_edidd-sdata+byte_first(byte_last) TO
            field_val LEFT-JUSTIFIED.
      SHIFT pt_fields2-extlen LEFT DELETING LEADING '0'.
      SHIFT pt_fields2-byte_first LEFT DELETING LEADING '0'.
      SHIFT pt_fields2-byte_last LEFT DELETING LEADING '0'.
      WRITE:/ '   ', pt_fields2-fieldname,
              pt_fields2-datatype,
              pt_fields2-extlen,
              pt_fields2-byte_first ,
              pt_fields2-byte_last,
              pt_fields2-descrp,
              field_val.
      READ TABLE pt_fvalues2 WITH KEY fieldname = pt_fields2-fieldname
                    fldvalue_l = field_val.
      ADD byte_last TO byte_first.
      IF sy-subrc = 0.
        WRITE : pt_fvalues2-descrp.
      ELSE.
        CLEAR pt_fvalues2-descrp.
      ENDIF.
      IF d_excel = 'X'.
        CONCATENATE tab_cr pt_fields2-fieldname tab_cr
                pt_fields2-datatype tab_cr
                pt_fields2-extlen tab_cr
                pt_fields2-byte_first tab_cr
                pt_fields2-byte_last tab_cr
                pt_fields2-descrp tab_cr
                field_val tab_cr
                pt_fvalues2-descrp
                INTO excel_tab.
        APPEND excel_tab.
      ENDIF.
    ENDLOOP.
  ENDLOOP.
ENDFORM.                    "" display_data_records

FORM read_idoc_structure.
  DATA: idoctype TYPE ledid_idoctype.

  IF NOT idoc_control-cimtyp IS INITIAL.
    struct_type = 'E'. ""Extended
    idoctype = idoc_control-cimtyp.
  ELSE.
    struct_type = 'B'. ""Basic
    idoctype = idoc_control-idoctp.
  ENDIF.

  CALL FUNCTION 'IDOC_TYPE_COMPLETE_READ'
    EXPORTING
      release              = sap_rel
      struct_type          = struct_type
      idoctype             = idoctype
      version              = pi_ver
*       IMPORTING
*     IDOC_TYPE            = idoctype
    TABLES
      idoc_struct          = idoc_struct
      segments             = segments
      segment_struct       = segment_struct
    EXCEPTIONS
      idoctype_unknown     = 1
      idocstruct_unknown   = 2
      segment_data_missing = 3
      illegal_struct_type  = 4
      OTHERS               = 5.
  IF sy-subrc <> 0.
    MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno
            WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
  ENDIF.

ENDFORM.                    "" read_idoc_structure

FORM download_to_excel.
  DATA: name LIKE rlgrap-filename.

  SHIFT docnum LEFT DELETING LEADING '0'.
  CONCATENATE docnum '-' idoc_control-idoctp '.xls'
              INTO name.

  CALL FUNCTION 'RH_START_EXCEL_WITH_DATA'
    EXPORTING
      data_name           = name
      data_type           = 'ASC'
      wait                = ' '
    TABLES
      data_tab            = excel_tab
    EXCEPTIONS
      no_batch            = 1
      excel_not_installed = 2
      wrong_version       = 3
      internal_error      = 4
      invalid_type        = 5
      cancelled           = 6
      download_error      = 7
      OTHERS              = 8.
  IF sy-subrc <> 0.
    MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno
            WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
  ENDIF.

ENDFORM.                    "" download_to_excel

[Sandra_Rossi]

You have declared TAB_CR of type X:

tab_cr(1)     TYPE x VALUE '09',

and you did:

        CONCATENATE 'Segment Name' tab_cr
                    'Mand / Opt ' tab_cr
                    'Qual / non-Qual' tab_cr
                    'Seq of Max' tab_cr
                    'Level' tab_cr
                    'Owner' tab_cr
                    'Description'
                    INTO excel_tab.

and the syntax error is:

"TAB_CR" must be a character-like data object (data type C, N, D, T, or STRING)

I guess you understand that you used the type X (byte) and CONCATENATE expects that all elements are of type character (C, N, D, T, or STRING).

You want to insert a Tabulation Character ("TAB_CR").

The most simple solution is to use a String Template (see the ABAP documentation for more information) which is of type STRING:

DATA(tab_cr2) = |\t|.
        CONCATENATE 'Segment Name' tab_cr2
                    'Mand / Opt ' tab_cr2
                    'Qual / non-Qual' tab_cr2
                    'Seq of Max' tab_cr2
                    'Level' tab_cr2
                    'Owner' tab_cr2
                    'Description'
                    INTO excel_tab.

[susrith2021]

Thankyou Sandra for the help..

After making relevant changes in code I got an dump with saying.

An exception has occurred in class "CX_SY_DYN_CALL_PARAM_NOT_FOUND". This
 exception was not caught
in procedure "DOWNLOAD_TO_EXCEL" "(FORM)" or propagated by a RAISING clause.
Since the caller of the procedure could not have anticipated this
exception, the current program was terminated.
The reason for the exception occurring was:
The reason for the exception is:
Function module "RH_START_EXCEL_WITH_DATA" was called with parameter
 "DATA_NAME".
This parameter is not defined there however.

after analyzing it I found that there is something wrong in the exporting parameter "data_name" which shown in below code.

I tried giving parameter as "data_filename" then also it doesn't work for me, please correct my code.

FORM download_to_excel.
  DATA: name LIKE rlgrap-filename.
  SHIFT docnum LEFT DELETING LEADING '0'.
  CONCATENATE docnum '-' idoc_control-idoctp '.xls'
              INTO name.

  CALL FUNCTION 'RH_START_EXCEL_WITH_DATA'
    EXPORTING
      data_name           = name
      data_type           = 'ASC'
      wait                = ' '
    TABLES
      data_tab            = excel_tab
    EXCEPTIONS
      no_batch            = 1
      excel_not_installed = 2
      wrong_version       = 3
      internal_error      = 4
      invalid_type        = 5
      cancelled           = 6
      download_error      = 7
      OTHERS              = 8.
  IF sy-subrc <> 0.
    MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno
            WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
  ENDIF.
ENDFORM.

[matt]

The signature of the FM is:

*"----------------------------------------------------------------------
*"*"Local Interface:
*"  IMPORTING
*"     REFERENCE(DATA_FILENAME) TYPE  STRING OPTIONAL
*"     REFERENCE(DATA_PATH_FLAG) TYPE  HRPATHFLAG DEFAULT 'W'
*"     REFERENCE(DATA_ENVIRONMENT) TYPE  HRPATHENVM OPTIONAL
*"     VALUE(DATA_TABLE) TYPE  TABLE OPTIONAL
*"     REFERENCE(MACRO_FILENAME) TYPE  STRING OPTIONAL
*"     REFERENCE(MACRO_PATH_FLAG) TYPE  HRPATHFLAG DEFAULT 'E'
*"     REFERENCE(MACRO_ENVIRONMENT) TYPE  HRPATHENVM OPTIONAL
*"     REFERENCE(WAIT) TYPE  FLAG DEFAULT 'X'
*"     REFERENCE(DELETE_FILE) TYPE  FLAG DEFAULT 'X'
*"     VALUE(CODEPAGE) TYPE  ABAP_ENCOD OPTIONAL
*"  EXCEPTIONS
*"      NO_BATCH
*"      EXCEL_NOT_INSTALLED
*"      INTERNAL_ERROR
*"      CANCELLED
*"      DOWNLOAD_ERROR
*"      NO_AUTHORITY
*"      FILE_NOT_DELETED
*"----------------------------------------------------------------------

You have to use those parameter names, not ones you've made up. It has no parameter called DATA_NAME or DATA_TYPE. ABAP doesn't work by magically understanding whatever you throw at it!

[Sandra_Rossi]

susrith2021

I guess Matthew answers your complementary question.

[susrith2021]

Thankyou Matthew for the help.

[matt]

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