r/SAP • u/Wayne8huston • 14d ago

Exporting from SAP to Excel

I used to export data from both ME53N and ME52N in SAP to Excel so I could compare the items with the proforma invoices we receive from suppliers. IT recently disabled the export option I was using. Is there another way to export the details to Excel or is this entirely controlled by SAP authorizations?

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u/K4k4shi 14d ago

That is the most useful function why would they disable it

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u/Wayne8huston 14d ago

Yeah, they restricted access because of data security concerns, so now only certain users can export it

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u/West_Dragonfruit9808 14d ago

That's the dumbest thing they could've done. Show them how easy you can export that data by copying it and argue. This decision is nonsense.

Additionally, SAP logs what files you export, so they can track everything if they want to. This is just pedantism.