Creating a Data Request for the generic report call

In addition to the extraction of tables from databases and archives SmartExporter also supports the extraction of data from reports. Using the so-called generic report call you can call any SAP® standard reports and download it as text lines.

As an alternative to the report name, you can also enter the SAP® transaction to call the report. In this documentation, often only the term "reports" is used for simplification.

SmartExporter is a tool that can also be used with ease if you do not have any SAP®-specific knowledge. In this respect, creating a Data Request for the generic report is an exception because in-depth knowledge of SAP® reports is required or at least recommended. Using the generic report call is possible without SAP® expertise but it is more challenging than the use of the other predefined Data Requests shipped with SmartExporter. (For an overview of the available reports of the Additional Data Source Reports, see the topic List of tables of the Reports Additional Data Source).

You have to perform the following steps (described here using the RFBILA00 report as an example) to create a generic report:

1. Requirements
2. Edit Data Request template
3. Determining the variants
4. Determining the selection fields / parameters for an existing variant
5. Specifying the Quick-Filter values
6. Quick-Filters for controlling the execution
7. Result