Download SAP Objects

  • Published on Apr 27, 2021
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For any user, SAP objects download involve two steps:

  1. SAP Main Program and Includes
  2. SAP Data Dictionary

Steps to download SAP Main Program and Includes.

  1. Login to SAP by entering your SAP Credentials.
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  2. Go to SE38 by entering SE38 and press enter.
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  3. In SE38 ABAP Editor, enter the name of the main program/include and click on the display button.
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  4. After the Main Program / Include is opened in Display/Change mode, go through the below menu options to download the program as a “.txt” file.

Menu – Utilities -> More Utilities -> Upload/Download -> Download

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NOTE

Alternatively in the SAP ABAP Editor, select all lines of code by pressing “CTRL + A” followed by “CTRL + C”, and then paste the code in the ABAP Modernizer popup.

Steps to download SAP Data Dictionary

  1. Login to SAP by entering your SAP Credentials.
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  2. Go to SE38 by entering SE11 and press enter.
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  3. In SE11 ABAP Dictionary, enter the name of the Z- table or structure or table type and click on the Display button.
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  4. After the data dictionary object is opened in Display/Change mode, select all lines using the following sequences.

  • “CTRL + Y” so that the selector is enabled
  • Use the mouse and select all the columns. See screenshot below.
  • “CTRL + C” to copy the selected contents.

Paste the selected contents in notepad and save the file with a “.txt” extension. Name of the file should be the same as the data dictionary object.
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