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Excel with multiple Tabs

Neel Patel (Neel.Patel@Accenture.com)

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Highlights:

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Initiate MS Excel on local machine
Display data on multiple tabs in Excel
Include a common report header on all tabs
Give each Tab a unique, meaningful name
Open and work with existing Excel files
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ABAP Data
Workstation
Extractor
Instantiate

Excel Excel
Fix Format Data
Report OLE Object Workbook
Template
Report
Program

Data
Format
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Implementation Approach:

Procedural

Object Oriented
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Custom Structure and Table Type to pass data to the FM

Tab
Row ID
Column ID
Value
Custom function module to display report
Uses OLE Object
Independent of the logic to collect report data

NOTES
Useful only for online reporting
Data needs to be sorted by Tab, RowID, ColumnID
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Custom Structure and Table Type to pass data to the

FM
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Custom function module

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Custom function module

i_data report data to be displayed
i_title report title
i_columns max number of columns in the report (used
to format the output)

Create each row to be displayed tab delimited string

Types:t_output(1500) typec,
tt_output typestandardtableoft_outputinitialsize0.

Data: lwa_output typet_output.

concatenatelwa_output
lwa_data-value
intolwa_output
separatedbycl_abap_char_utilities=>horizontal_tab.
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Custom function module

Instantiating OLE Objects MS Excel Collections/Objects

data:excel_apptypeole2_object.

*startExcel
createobjectexcel_app'EXCEL.APPLICATION.
check_ole_errorsy-subrcole_error.

*addanewworkbook
callmethodofexcel_app'Workbooks'=workbooks.
callmethodofworkbooks'Add'=workbook.

* Add a new worksheet

getpropertyofworkbook'Worksheets'=worksheets.
callmethodofworksheets'Add'=activesheet.

* Set tab name for the current sheet

setpropertyofactivesheet'Name'=tab.
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Custom function module

Transferring data over to Excel

* Export the data to clipboard

callmethodcl_gui_frontend_services=>clipboard_export
importing
data =it_output
changing
rc =l_rc
exceptions
cntl_error =1
error_no_gui =2
not_supported_by_gui =3
others =4.

* Select first cell and paste from clipboard

callmethodofexcel_app'Cells'=cells
exporting
#1=1
#2=1.

callmethodofcells'Select'.

callmethodofactivesheet'Paste'.
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Deployment

Create a custom Function Group and a function module - Z_OUTPUT_EXCEL_ONLINE

Text files for the code

- TOP Include TOP INCLUDE

- Form Include Form Include

- Function module - Z _EXCEL_OUTPUT_

ONLINE
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Lacking:

Encapsulation
Code and data are contained to one instance

Inheritance
No cut and paste of common code.

Multiple instantiation
Several workbooks can be created and worked on simultaneously
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Custom Include Custom Class

CL_ONLNE_EXCEL
Independent of the logic to collect report data
No data dictionary objects required.

NOTES
Useful only for online reporting
Data can be provided in a predefined format the type is
declared in custom include or can be provided as a
standard table.
Data in predefined format needs to be sorted by Tab,
RowID, ColumnID
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Using the custom class:

Data Declaration:

DATA: it_excel TYPEcl_online_excel_types=>tt_output,

it_title TYPEcl_online_excel_types=>tt_output,
lwa_excel TYPEcl_online_excel_types=>t_output,
l_rc TYPEsy-subrc.

DATA: l_online_excelTYPEREFTOcl_online_excel.
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Using the class methods:

CREATEOBJECTl_online_excel.

l_online_excel->add_title(
EXPORTING _tab_data =it_title
_rows=4
_columns =17).
l_online_excel->add_tabs(it_excel).
l_rc=l_online_excel->add_tabs_general(_tab_data =it_newtab
_tabname ='Customers'
_display ='X'
_title =space).

l_online_excel->start_excel(EXCEPTIONSole_error=1).
lwa_newtab='thisisnewtab'.
APPENDlwa_newtabTOit_newtab.
l_rc=l_online_excel->display_new_tab(
_clipboard =it_newtab
_tabname ='newtab').
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Open Existing File:

l_online_excel->open_file(
exporting _filename =C:\Sheet1.xls'
exceptionsole_error =1).

OpenNewfilebasedonatemplate:
l_online_excel->start_excel(
exporting_template ='ZZTEST'
_filename =p_file
exceptionsole_error =1).

Add data to spreadsheets:

l_online_excel->add_data_to_tab(
exporting_tab_data =it_newtab
_tabname ='300'
changing_start_row =lv_start_row
_start_col =lv_start_col
_returncode =l_rc).
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lv_borderbottom-linestyle=cl_online_excel=>cxl_border_continuous.
lv_borderbottom-weight=cl_online_excel=>cxl_ln_weight_light.

l_rc=l_online_excel->set_format(_start_row =5
_start_col =7
_end_row =5
_end_col =7
_halignment =cxl_halign_centre
_fontstyle =cxl_font_bold
_borderleft =lv_borderleft
_borderright =lv_borderright
_bordertop =lv_bordertop
_borderbottom =lv_borderbottom).

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Deployment

Create a custom include for the custom class - CL_ONLINE_EXCEL

Text file for the code

- Custom Include CL_ONLINE_EXCEL

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Questions