Download Pdf From Spool In Sap

This post is a quick SAP Spool overview.

The you will find the main SAP Spool Tcodes and the important SAP Tables stroring the SAP Spool Request.

What is a spool request ?

Let's start with definition of SAP Spool and the difference between Spool request in SAP and Output Request (Up to help.sap.com)

The SAP System differentiates between two types of request when printing:

SAP system has two kind of

Spool request

A spool request is a document for which a print function has been selected. However, it has not yet been output to a printer or another device.

The output data for the print document is stored partly formatted in a data store until an output request is created, that is, until it is sent to a particular output device.

The spool system uses a spool request to store the print data temporarily and to access it. The data is stored in a temporary format. You can also display the print document.

The system automatically assigns a 10-digit ID number to a spool request.

Output request

From the point of view of the SAP spool system, an output request outputs the print data of a spool request to a particular output device.

Multiple output requests may exist for a single spool request. Each represents an instance of the output of the same spool request. Each of these output requests may have different attributes, such as the target printer or number of copies.

By differentiating between spool request and output requests, the spool system provides a means of storing the data temporarily.

Here an example of Spool Request in a SAP System ( source for the screenshot)

SAP Spool Tcodes

The most important Tcodes for SAP Spool Tcodes are SP*.
Here the list of SAP Spool transactions codes:

SAP SPOOL TCODES	DESCRIPTION
SPAD	Spool Management
SP00	Spool and Relate Area
SP01	Spool Control
SP02	Display output Requests
SP03	Spool: Load Formats
SPCC	Spool Consistency check
SPIC	Spool : Installation Check Tables
SP11	TemSe Contents
SP12	TemSe Administration

Mainly, you should use the SP02 to displaty Spool for output Request. SP02 is the main SAP Spool Tcodes.

SAP Spool Tables

Once you got the list of Spool tcodes in SAP, you may be interested of when Spool data are stored and handled by SAP .

Mainly, the SAP Spool are stored in SAP tables TSP*.

The list of most important SAP Spool Tables are:

SAP SPOOL TABLES	DESCRIPTION
S004	SIS: Product/Sales Organization/Distribution Channel Logistics
S005	SIS: Shipping Point/Route/Forwarding Agent/Receiving Country Logistics
T022A	Spool: Indirect printer selection Basis
T022D	Spool: Print control translation Basis
TBTC_SPOOLID	Background Processing spool IDs Table Basis
TBTCO	Job Status Overview Table Basis
TBTCP	Background Job Step Overview Basis
TSP01	Spool Requests Basis
TSP01P	Spool: Part Table of a spool Request Basis
TSP02	Spool: Print requests Basis
TSP02A	Dynamic Attributes for spool Requests and Output Requests Basis
TSP02L	Spool: List parameters for spool and print requests Basis
TSP02T	Spool: Output Requests Waiting to Be Activated Basis
TSP03	Spool: Printer declaration Basis
TSP03A	Spool: Device description (new format) Basis
TSP03C	Spool: Device Description Extension Basis
TSP03D	Spool: Device Description (New Format) Basis
TSP03L	Spool: Long device names Basis
TSP06	Spool: Sequences for handling paper Basis
TSP06A	Spool: Implemented format type of a device type Basis
TSP0B	Spool: Mapping Device Types to XDC Description Basis
TSPOPTIONS	spool Options Basis
TSPSV	Spool: Server table Basis
TSPSVI	Spool: Server Information (Updated by spool Work Processes) Basis
TST01	TemSe: List of objects and parts Basis
TST03	TemSe data Basis

SAP Spool Quick tips

let's jump into a quick tips dealing with SAP Spool.

Clear or Delete SPOOL Request

In order to Clear or Delete a Spool Request in SAP, run the standard report RSPO1041 in SE38.

You can filter by Spool Request Status or date.

An alternative way to clear/delete SAP Spool Request in to launch the SPAD ( SAP Spool Tcodes Administration).

Then navigate to Admin tab and 'Delete Old Spool Request". ( you will have lest selection criterias)

Download ABAP spools as PDF files

In many, you will need to convert the ABAP Spool and convert it into PDF.
Here a link how to do it.

The main steps to download ABAP Spool as PDF file are:

Find the spool list ( the easiest way is to check directly the SAP Spool Table TSP01 )
- SELECT * FROM TSP01
Check authority to work with spool
- use directly the standard function module
- RSTS_GET_ATTRIBUTES. Make sure you use AUTHORITY = 'SP01'
Check the type of SPool Request
- if it is OTF, the use standard FM CONVERT_OTFSPOOLJOB_2_PDF
- else, you should rather use the FM CONVERT_ABAPSPOOLJOB_2_PDF
Download the Spool as PDF
- In order to download the spool PDF file, use WS_DOWNLOAD or GUI_DOWNLOAD