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ABAP Code Samples : Read Excel Files from

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Date: July 20, 2022 Author: Jagdish 1

In this post you will learn how to read Excel File from Presentation server.

Excel Conditional Movement of Data

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Read Excel File from Presentation Server

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Option 1 : Use FM ALSM_EXCEL_TO_INTERNAL_TABLE

Below code would upload xlsx file from presentation server i.e. your laptop / desktop. This also
includes example of how to handle date conversion and decimal places for amount.

Sample File

Click to see the sample Excel File : Test.xlsx

DATA : lt_data TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF alsmex_tabline,

lt_flights TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF sflight,
ls_flight TYPE sflight,
lv_file TYPE string VALUE 'C:\Demo\Test.xlsx'.

CALL FUNCTION 'ALSM_EXCEL_TO_INTERNAL_TABLE'

EXPORTING
filename = CONV localfile( lv_file )
i_begin_col = 1
i_begin_row = 2
i_end_col = 9999
i_end_row = 9999
TABLES
intern = lt_data
EXCEPTIONS
inconsistent_parameters = 1
upload_ole = 2
OTHERS = 3.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
"Error
ELSE.
LOOP AT lt_data INTO DATA(ls_data).
ASSIGN COMPONENT ls_data-col OF STRUCTURE ls_flight TO FIELD-SYMBOL(<lfs_fld>).
CASE ls_data-col.
when 4. "Convert Date
if strlen( ls_data-value ) = 10.
ls_data-value = |{ ls_data-value+6(4) }{ ls_data-value+3(2) }{ ls_data-value(2) }|.
else.
ls_data-value = sy-datum.
endif.
when 5 or 10. "Handle Decimal place
REPLACE all OCCURRENCES OF '.' IN ls_data-value WITH ''.
REPLACE all OCCURRENCES OF ',' IN ls_data-value WITH '.'.
ENDCASE.
<lfs_fld> = ls_data-value.
AT END OF row.
APPEND ls_flight TO lt_flights.
ENDAT.
ENDLOOP.
cl_demo_output=>display( lt_flights ).
ENDIF.

However, in this option we can not read the data from a specific tab and if the file has multiple tabs it
is not possible to manage the data upload using this method.

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Option 2 : Using class cl_fdt_xl_spreadsheet

TYPES: BEGIN OF xls_line,

data(256) TYPE x,
END OF xls_line.
DATA : lt_bin_data TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF xls_line,
lv_file TYPE string VALUE 'C:\Demo\Test.xlsx'.

cl_gui_frontend_services=>gui_upload(
EXPORTING
filename = lv_file
filetype = 'BIN'
IMPORTING
filelength = DATA(lv_file_length)
header = DATA(lv_xstring_header)
CHANGING
data_tab = lt_bin_data
EXCEPTIONS
OTHERS = 99 ).
"CALL FUNCTION 'SCMS_BINARY_TO_XSTRING'
CALL FUNCTION 'SCMS_BINARY_TO_XSTRING'
EXPORTING
input_length = lv_file_length
IMPORTING
buffer = lv_xstring_header
TABLES
binary_tab = lt_bin_data
EXCEPTIONS
failed = 1
OTHERS = 2.
IF sy-subrc = 0.
TRY.
DATA(lo_excel) = NEW cl_fdt_xl_spreadsheet(
document_name = iv_file
xdocument = lv_xstring_header ) .
lo_excel->if_fdt_doc_spreadsheet~get_worksheet_names(
IMPORTING
worksheet_names = DATA(lt_worksheets) ).
DATA(lv_woksheetname) = lt_worksheets[ 1 ]. "Read first sheet
DATA(lo_data_ref) = lo_excel->if_fdt_doc_spreadsheet~get_itab_from_worksheet(
lv_woksheetname ).
ASSIGN lo_data_ref->* TO FIELD-SYMBOL(<lfs_data_tab>).
cl_demo_output=>display( <lfs_data_tab> ).
CATCH cx_fdt_excel_core.
"Error handling
ENDTRY.
ENDIF.

This is a effective method which allows us to read Excel file. However, this comes at a risk. SAP x
suggests to use this class only within BRF+ framework and not outside. See the note below for the
warning.

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Note 2468709 – Usage of standard class CL_FDT_XL_SPREADSHEET

The solution to this issue is to use the ABAP2XLSX open source project. It can be found on github at
below links.

https://github.com/abap2xlsx/abap2xlsx

Visit ABAP Code Sample : ABAP2XLSX project for tutorial on installing the project.

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