FM to Download ABAP report output to PC as text

Question

Is there any function module aside from GUI_DOWNLOAD to download the ABAP report output?

Answer 1

When you say "ABAP report output", I am guessing you mean the list output.

You can use function module DOWNLOAD_LIST from within an ABAP report program to download the list, or any of the current lists in the stack.

Alternatively, use function module LIST_TO_ASCI to get the list into an internal table, then download it with CL_GUI_FRONTEND_SERVICES=>GUI_DOWNLOAD (GUI_DOWNLOAD will work, but it is recommended you use CL_GUI_FRONTEND_SERVICES instead). (Look at function group SLST for some other interesting list processing functions).

If you didn't mean the list output, then in general use CL_GUI_FRONTEND_SERVICES=>GUI_DOWNLOAD for downloading internal tables.

That is of course, if you are looking to download to the client PC. If you want to create a file on the application server, look at the keyword help for OPEN DATASET and related commands.