Many times user may have requirement during uploading the data into SAP as below points.


  • Upload the Long Text into SAP Using Excel Sheet (i.e. here I am explaining about a PO Text in MM Screen).
  • Long Text Readable within text area no need to use horizontal bar

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Solution:

  •   Create a Copy of “ALSM_EXCEL_TO_INTERNAL_TABLE” SAP Standard Function Module

           into Custom Function Module “YALSM_EXCEL_TO_INTERNAL_TABLE” .

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Create a “Z” Copy of “ALSMEX_TABLINE” and Increase the “Value” Field Size i.e. here I am use 2000 character , you can take as per your requirement .

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  •   Create Custom Upload Program using above Custom Functional Module.

“Data Declaration

  TYPES: BEGIN OF TY_ITAB ,

         MATNR(18)    TYPE C,

         LMAKTX(2000) TYPE C,

         ROW TYPE I,

         TSIZE TYPE I,

         END OF TY_ITAB.

Data Declarations – Internal Tables

DATA: I_TAB          TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF TY_ITAB  INITIAL SIZE 0,

       IT_EXLOAD      LIKE ZALSMEX_TABLINE  OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE,

       IT_LINES       LIKE STANDARD TABLE OF TLINE WITH HEADER LINE,

       IT_TEXT_HEADER LIKE STANDARD TABLE OF THEAD WITH HEADER LINE,

       WA             TYPE TY_ITAB ,

       P_ERROR TYPE  SY-LISEL ,

       LEN TYPE I .

“Selection Screen

SELECTION-SCREEN BEGIN OF BLOCK B1 WITH FRAME TITLE TEXT-002.

PARAMETERS:PFILE TYPE RLGRAP-FILENAME OBLIGATORY, “Excel File Name with Path

           W_BEGIN TYPE I OBLIGATORY,                                      “Excel Row beginning

           W_END TYPE I OBLIGATORY.                                          “Excel End Row     

SELECTION-SCREEN END OF BLOCK B1.

AT SELECTION-SCREEN.

  IF PFILE IS INITIAL.

    MESSAGE S368(00) WITH ‘Please input filename’. STOP.

  ENDIF.

START-OF-SELECTION.

REFRESH:I_TAB.

  PERFORM EXCEL_DATA_INT_TABLE.   

  PERFORM EXCEL_TO_INT.

  PERFORM CONTOL_PARAMETER.

AT SELECTION-SCREEN ON VALUE-REQUEST FOR PFILE.

  PERFORM F4_FILENAME.

“ F4 Help getting Excel File Name with Comlete Path

FORM F4_FILENAME .

  CALL FUNCTION ‘F4_FILENAME’

  EXPORTING

    PROGRAM_NAME        = SYST-CPROG

    DYNPRO_NUMBER       = SYST-DYNNR

  IMPORTING

    FILE_NAME                  = PFILE .

ENDFORM. 

“Read Legacy Data Transfer from Excel using Custom Function Module

FORM EXCEL_DATA_INT_TABLE .

  CALL FUNCTION ‘YALSM_EXCEL_TO_INTERNAL_TABLE

    EXPORTING

      FILENAME    = PFILE

      I_BEGIN_COL = ‘0001’               “Excel Beginning Column           

      I_BEGIN_ROW = W_BEGIN     

      I_END_COL   = ‘002’                  “Excel End Column    

      I_END_ROW   = W_END                                  

    TABLES

      INTERN      = IT_EXLOAD.

ENDFORM.                    ” EXCEL_DATA_INT_TABLE

“Transfer Excel data into internal table

FORM EXCEL_TO_INT .

  LOOP AT IT_EXLOAD .

    CASE  IT_EXLOAD-COL1.

      WHEN ‘0001’.

        WA-MATNR   = IT_EXLOAD-VALUE.        “Material Number Leading with Zero

      WHEN ‘0002’.

        WA-LMAKTX   = IT_EXLOAD-VALUE.      “ Material Long Text

    ENDCASE.

    AT END OF ROW1.

      WA-TSIZE = STRLEN( WA-LMAKTX ) .         “Finding String Length using STRLEN

      WA-ROW = IT_EXLOAD-ROW1 .                  “Adding Current Row Num into Internal table    

      APPEND WA TO I_TAB.

      CLEAR WA .

    ENDAT.

  ENDLOOP.

ENDFORM.                    ” EXCEL_TO_INT

“Maintain Header, Item data and pass into “SAVE_TEXT” to save to Long Text

FORM CONTOL_PARAMETER.

  DATA OFF TYPE I VALUE ‘0’.

  LOOP AT I_TAB INTO WA.

    * Create Header

    IT_TEXT_HEADER-TDID     = ‘BEST’.                 “ Text ID for Material Master

    IT_TEXT_HEADER-TDSPRAS  = SY-LANGU .    “ Login Language Key

    IT_TEXT_HEADER-TDNAME   = WA-MATNR.     “Material Number leading with Zero 

    IT_TEXT_HEADER-TDOBJECT = ‘MATERIAL’.     “ Text Object

    MOVE WA-TSIZE TO LEN .    

    LEN =  LEN / 53  + 1.                                           “Finding Number of Row’s taken by Long Text

    “ Note :  Number of Row Required for Long Text Display

              = Total length of long text / Number Character’s in one Row + 1 

               Here I am taken 53 number of character in each row ,

               because in Material Master Long Text Area Display 53 Character without using Horizontal Bar . “

    DO LEN TIMES .

      MOVE ‘*’ TO IT_LINES-TDFORMAT.

      MOVE  WA-LMAKTX+OFF(53) TO IT_LINES-TDLINE.

      SHIFT IT_LINES-TDLINE LEFT DELETING LEADING ‘ ‘.

      OFF = OFF + 53 .

      APPEND IT_LINES.

      CLEAR IT_LINES .

    ENDDO.

Using SAVE_TEXT Functional Module Save Long Text to SAP

    AT END OF ROW.

      CALL FUNCTION ‘SAVE_TEXT’                  

        EXPORTING

          CLIENT                     = SY-MANDT

          HEADER                   = IT_TEXT_HEADER

          INSERT                     = ‘ ‘

          SAVEMODE_DIRECT = ‘X’

        TABLES

          LINES                        = IT_LINES

        EXCEPTIONS

          ID                              = 1

          LANGUAGE               = 2

          NAME                        = 3

          OBJECT                     = 4

          OTHERS                    = 5.

* Check the Return Code

      IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.

        MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY

            NUMBER SY-MSGNO

              WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4 INTO P_ERROR.

        EXIT.

      ENDIF.

      CLEAR: WA ,LEN , OFF.

      REFRESH IT_LINES .

    ENDAT.

  ENDLOOP.

ENDFORM.                    ” CONTOL_PARAMETER

  • Output

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Reference :

Note – 933420 – ALSM_EXCEL_TO_INTERNAL_TABLE

Source Code Available in Wiki : How to Upload Long Text into SAP Using Excel Sheet and SAVE_TEXT Function Module – ABAP Developme…

Regard’s

Smruti



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