SAP GUI Automation via Python Scripting

Tools needed to test things out:

VS Code - to edit python scripts and run them
Python Extension for VS Code
Python installed on your computer
SAP Scripting Tracker
win32com python module installed

This VSCode tutorial can help get you set up with VS Code, Python Extension for VS Code, and Python Installation:

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/python-tutorial

SAP Scripting Tracker:

https://tracker.stschnell.de/#download

Enable Scripting in application server and presentation server

Application Server

Login to SAP
Go to tcode RZ11
Param. Name: sapgui/user_scripting, click Display
Ensure Current Value is equal to TRUE
If value not TRUE
- Press Change Value button
- New value: TRUE
- Switch on all servers: Checked
- Save

Presentation Server

On SAP Logon Pad, click the top left menu button, and select Options...
Open the Accessibility & Scripting Node
Select Scripting node
Ensure the Installation Section says "Scripting is installed"
Ensure the User Settings section has
- Enable Scripting - Checked
- Notify when a script attaches to SAP GUI - Unchecked
- Notify when a script opens a connection - Unchecked
- Show native Microsoft Windows dialogs - Unchecked

Additional details about SAP Scripting Tracker can be found in the documentation within the download

Installing win32com python module

Open command line or terminal
pip install py32com
If it was installed successfully, it should be available to use in your scripts

Running this script

Pull this repo into your VS Code editor, and follow the directions in https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/python-tutorial

Note: You must login to an SAP session, for the scripting to work. As you can see there is not login credentials supplied to the python scripting