Create an SAP DMS document attaching a file from the Application Server and checking in an FTP vault with automatic filename creation

Hi all,

So, as you can see from the title, I had a very specific requirement. I needed to be able to create a document (those you can open through CV03N) programmatically attaching a file from the application server and with an FTP server that automatically assigns filenames.

I searched google/scn extensively for a way to do this or an example and tried a few, but it seems that the configuration options for DMS are so vast that it was unlikely to find an example that suited my needs and my configuration. So I'm sharing my code and my example, hoping that maybe it will be helpful for someone else, and maybe I'll even need it myself in the future.

The code ended up being extremely simple, but I assure you I tried so many really complex approaches that I don't even want to remind myself of them again

DATA:
      lv_docty  TYPE dokar,
      lv_docnr  TYPE doknr,
      lv_docpr  TYPE doktl_d,
      lv_docvr  TYPE dokvr,
      ls_ret    TYPE bapiret2,
      lt_files  TYPETABLE OF bapi_doc_files2,
      ls_files  LIKELINE OF lt_files,
      ls_documentdata TYPE bapi_doc_draw2.
CLEAR ls_documentdata.
ls_documentdata-documenttype ='ZCL'.
ls_documentdata-description ='Testing DMS'.
ls_documentdata-username = sy-uname.
CLEAR ls_files.
ls_files-originaltype ='1'.
ls_files-storagecategory ='<VAULT NAME HERE>'.
ls_files-docpath ='/tmp/'.
ls_files-docfile ='dms_test4.pdf'.
ls_files-wsapplication ='PDF'.
APPEND ls_files TO lt_files.
CALL FUNCTION'BAPI_DOCUMENT_CREATE2'
  EXPORTING
    documentdata    = ls_documentdata
    pf_ftp_dest     ='SAPFTPA'
    pf_http_dest    ='SAPHTTPA'
  IMPORTING
    documenttype    = lv_docty
    documentnumber  = lv_docnr
    documentpart    = lv_docpr
    documentversion = lv_docvr
    return          = ls_ret
  TABLES
    documentfiles   = lt_files.
IF ls_ret-typeNE'E'.
  CALL FUNCTION'BAPI_TRANSACTION_COMMIT'
    EXPORTING
      wait = abap_true.
ELSE.
  CALL FUNCTION'BAPI_TRANSACTION_ROLLBACK'.
ENDIF.

And the result:

I hope this will be helpful to someone!

Best regards,

Bruno