Click-Through Demo SAP Report

Extract SAP ABAP

Report data in SSIS.

In order to be able to use Xtract IS Report as a Data Source, it is necessary to configure a few things in SAP first. Xtract IS Report

requires the installation of a custom function module in your SAP system before use.

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Here is the report „RLT10010“ in SAP we want to extract later in SSIS.The selection screen of the report (1)

The output of the report (2)


We have to create a new SSIS project.Start Visual Studio. Click „File“ „New“ „Project…“(1)

Select „Integration Services“ “Integration Services Project“ (2)Enter project name (3) and click OK to create the project (4)


Now we have a blank Control Flow. Drag and drop a Data Flow Task item into the Control Flow (1)

Double-click on the task to switch to the data flow view (2)


In the Data Flow Task we need a new Xtract Connection.Right-click (1) and select „New Connection“ (2)


Select „XTRACT“ (1) Click „Add…“ to add the Xtract Connection Manager (2)


Double-click to open the Xtract IS Connection Manager(1) Fill in logon credentials (2) and host information (3)Test the Connection (4) and click OK to confirm (5)


Drag and drop the Xtract IS Report component (1) Double-click to automatically assign connection manager to the

Xtract IS Report component (2) Click OK to confirm (3)


The Data Source dialog opens.Click to open the Look Up dialog (1)

Enter the report name (2) and click to start search (3)


Select your report (1)Click OK to confirm the selection (2)


Now let‘s click OK to continue (1)


It is recommended to enter a variant name - “TESTVAR” for our example (1).

You can also click „Edit“ to use the Selection Screen to fill in selections. (2)


Before we continue we have to preview the report to get a template of the report‘s list output (1)


The preview contains only one column we have to design the report later (1)

Click to close dialog (2)


1. Option: Automatic column detection (Recommended)Click on Settings and select „Automatic column detection“

Click OK (1) to confirm the settings


Click on Preview (1) to get the result


2. Option: Manual column definitionThe report looks like this before we are going

to define the columns (1) manually


First we skip the rows at the top and at the bottom of the report, which are not necessary (1)


Click to define the beginning of a column (1)Insert the length of the column (2)

You can also change the names of the columns (3)Go on with all columns you want to extract.


Click on preview to check if the columns are defined correctly (1)


Now you can have a look at the preview.


Click OK to close the Xtract IS Report dialog (1)


Drag and drop a Data Flow Destination. In our example we use the OLE DB Destination (1)


We need another connection manager for the Destination.Right-Click in this area and select „New OLE DB Connection…“ (1)

Set up the connection manager in the dialog to an SQL Server


Drag the Xtract output flow path to the OLE DB Destination (1)Double click to open the OLE DB Destination Editor (2)


Select an existing table from the dropdown list… (1)or create a new one (2)


If you decide to create a new table, the „Create“ statement is automatically generated from the meta data (1)

Click OK to create the table and return to the previous screen (2)


Click on Mappings and the mapping between source anddestination elements is generated automatically (1)

Click OK to confirm the mapping (2)


Now let‘s execute the package (1)


Xtract IS is fetching the data from SAP


The extraction of the data finished succesfully12 rows are sent to the OLE DB Destination (1)

The output windows contains the log details (2)


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