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Presentation Server Files

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Objectives
The participants will be able to:
Describe how local files are processed in an Inbound SAP Interface.
Write an ABAP program that processes a file located on the Presentation Server.

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Overview
In this chapter, we will learn how to process files on a presentation server

Database Server

Application

Servers

Presentation Servers

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Use of an Internal Table

Internal Table
To create a local file, you must transfer the contents of an internal table.

Internal Table
To read a local file, you must read the contents into an internal table.

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Create Local File

GUI_DOWNLOAD function module

CALL FUNCTION GUI_DOWNLOAD EXPORTING FILENAME = <Name of the file>

FILETYPE

= <File Type (ASC or BIN)>

APPEND = <Create new or extend> WRITE_FIELD_SEPARATOR = <separator> IMPORTING FILELENGTH= <Number of bytes transferred> TABLES DATA_TAB EXCEPTIONS. . . . = <internal table to transfer>

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Read Local File

GUI_UPLOAD function module

CALL FUNCTION GUI_UPLOAD EXPORTING

FILENAME = <Name of the file>

FILETYPE IMPORTING FILELENGTH = <File length> TABLES DATA_TAB EXCEPTIONS. . . . = <Transfer table for file data> = <File Type (ASC or BIN)> HAS_FIELD_SEPARATOR<Separator>

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Demonstration
Writing an ABAP program that processes a file located on the Presentation Server.

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Practice
Writing an ABAP program that processes a file located on the Presentation Server.

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Summary
To create a local file you must transfer the contents of an internal table.

To read a local file you must read the contents into an internal table.
You can use the function module GUI_DOWNLOAD to create a local file.

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Questions
What is the function module used to upload file to presentation server?

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