Launch AfO from SAP GUI

Here is a brief blog post regarding t-codes that enables launching of Analysis Office (AfO) from SAP GUI.

 

t-code          ABAP prog                       Description

RAAOE          RS_AAOE_LAUNCHER         Launch Analysis Office Excel

RAAOP          RS_AAOP_LAUNCHER         Launch Analysis Office PowerPoint

 

Both t-codes in background are running 2nd ABAP report: RS_AO_LAUNCHER. That one can be also run standalone as well. It has following selection screen:

As you can see, the selection looks the same regardless of what t-code was used to launch it. Just a description of the report (title) is different: Analysis Excel Launcher vs Analysis PowerPoint Launcher.

Following are fields available on the selection screen:

Client Only – Launches just either Excel or PowerPoint w/o opening any reports. User can login to SAP BW system and open reports from the Excel / PowerPoint.

Document – Opens Excel or PowerPoint with AfO document (workbook) specified in input field below called Document

Query – Opens Excel or PowerPoint with BEx/BW Query specified in input field below called Query

Query View – Opens Excel or PowerPoint with BEx/BW Query View specified in input field below called Query View

Notice that Document/Query/Query View field is showed/disabled depending in which position the radio button is switched to.