Timo Ortiz has worked in the field of forms development and output management for more than 20 years. He has worked for the consulting group Corporate Business Solutions Unternehmensberatung GmbH (cbs) in Heidelberg as a solution architect since 2008. He is responsible for output management and setting up comprehensive print processes and output scenarios. This includes form design, control and customizing options, as well as language-independent developments. As a project member and co-project manager, he implements cross-module projects within the scope of support activities up to global rollouts of template developments with corresponding country-specific adaptations and characteristics.

Implement SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe in SAP S/4HANA

... Introduction ... 17

... Structure of This Book ... 18

... Reading Paths ... 20

... Information Boxes ... 21

... System Requirements and Sample Files ... 21

... Acknowledgments ... 21

1 ... Using SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe ... 23

1.1 ... PDF, PDF-Based Print Forms, and Interactive PDF Forms ... 23

1.2 ... Adobe Acrobat Reader and Adobe Acrobat Pro ... 29

1.3 ... Examples of PDF-Based Print Forms and Interactive PDF Forms ... 33

1.4 ... Using Interactive Forms in Business Processes ... 39

1.5 ... Software Components and Architecture ... 44

1.6 ... Form Templates in SAP S/4HANA ... 57

1.7 ... Summary ... 59

2 ... System Preparation ... 61

2.1 ... Installing Adobe LiveCycle Designer ... 61

2.2 ... Install Adobe Acrobat Reader DC ... 64

2.3 ... Summary ... 65

3 ... Installing and Configuring Adobe Document Services ... 67

3.1 ... Automatic Configuration ... 67

3.2 ... Basic Configuration ... 69

3.3 ... Scenario-Dependent Configuration ... 75

3.4 ... Parallelization Configuration ... 91

3.5 ... Optional Configuration ... 98

3.6 ... Operating Adobe Document Services ... 105

3.7 ... Hub Concept ... 108

3.8 ... Summary ... 111

4 ... Interface and Form Context ... 113

4.1 ... Form Structure ... 113

4.2 ... Form Interface ... 114

4.3 ... Context of a Form ... 129

4.4 ... Documentation of a Form ... 161

4.5 ... Summary ... 161

5 ... Creating Form Templates ... 163

5.1 ... Adobe LiveCycle Designer Structure ... 163

5.2 ... Basics of Form Template Creation ... 170

5.3 ... Data Bindings for Form Fields ... 182

5.4 ... Structuring Form Templates by Subforms ... 186

5.5 ... Using Master Pages and Rich Text Fields ... 196

5.6 ... Reusing Form Objects ... 200

5.7 ... Implicit Data Binding ... 203

5.8 ... Tips for Working with Adobe LiveCycle Designer ... 208

5.9 ... Summary ... 215

6 ... Form Output ... 217

6.1 ... Print Program ... 217

6.2 ... Spool System ... 232

6.3 ... Device Types for Output ... 234

6.4 ... Additional Printing Options ... 237

6.5 ... Special Output Scenarios ... 242

6.6 ... Error Analysis ... 251

6.7 ... Performance Optimization through Bundling ... 259

6.8 ... Parallelization of Print Jobs ... 267

6.9 ... XPF Data Streams ... 276

6.10 ... Summary ... 278

7 ... Advanced Form Template Creation ... 279

7.1 ... Advanced Techniques for Print Forms ... 279

7.2 ... Interactive PDF Forms ... 301

7.3 ... Using Script Programs ... 330

7.4 ... Using Barcodes ... 350

7.5 ... Using Label Printers ... 352

7.6 ... Tips for Improving Performance ... 353

7.7 ... Introduction to Accessible PDF Forms ... 354

7.8 ... Further Information ... 357

7.9 ... Summary ... 359

8 ... ABAP Offline Infrastructure ... 361

8.1 ... Example Scenario: Address Update in the Flight Booking Model ... 361

8.2 ... Configuring the Email Inbound ... 363

8.3 ... Using the ABAP Offline Infrastructure ... 364

8.4 ... Testing the Offline Scenario ... 383

8.5 ... Summary ... 387

9 ... ABAP PDF Object ... 389

9.1 ... Instantiating the PDF object ... 390

9.2 ... Creating a PDF Document ... 392

9.3 ... Processing an Interactive PDF Document ... 403

9.4 ... PDF Document Certification ... 412

9.5 ... Further Methods of the PDF Object ... 421

9.6 ... Summary ... 421

10 ... Offline Scenarios Using Web Services ... 423

10.1 ... Using Web Service Definition Language Data Connections ... 424

10.2 ... Using the Simple Object Access Protocol Object in JavaScript ... 441

10.3 ... Tips for Using Web Services ... 452

10.4 ... Summary ... 453

11 ... Form Templates in SAP S/4HANA ... 455

11.1 ... Adobe LiveCycle Designer for SAP as a Standalone Application ... 455

11.2 ... Fragment-Based and Standalone Form Templates ... 457

11.3 ... Downloading Form Templates and Uploading Them to the Design Environment ... 460

11.4 ... Editing Form Templates in Adobe LiveCycle Designer ... 464

11.5 ... Uploading Form Templates in the Maintain Form Templates App ... 488

11.6 ... Transport Connection ... 495

11.7 ... Summary ... 506

12 ... Translating Form Templates ... 507

12.1 ... Translating Classic Form Templates ... 507

12.2 ... Translating SAP S/4HANA Form Templates ... 518

12.3 ... Dealing with Problems in Translations ... 537

12.4 ... Customizing Solutions for Translation Maintenance ... 538

12.5 ... Origin of a Translation ... 541

12.6 ... Summary ... 544

13 ... Setting Up SAP Gateway Services ... 545

13.1 ... Data Supply for Form Templates in SAP S/4HANA ... 545

13.2 ... SAP Gateway ... 546

13.3 ... Custom Fields and Logic App ... 562

13.4 ... Summary ... 587

14 ... Configure Output Control in SAP S/4HANA ... 589

14.1 ... Basic Settings ... 589

14.2 ... Configure Background Remote Function Call ... 603

14.3 ... Set Up Filing System and Filing Category ... 604

14.4 ... Output Management Activation ... 606

14.5 ... Customizing the Output Types ... 611

14.6 ... Define Business Rules for Output Parameter Determination ... 618

14.7 ... Assign Output Channels ... 641

14.8 ... Define Determination Rules for Master Form Template ... 642

14.9 ... Assign Form Templates ... 649

14.10 ... Assign Email Templates ... 654

14.11 ... Customizing and Data Maintenance in the Productive Systems ... 655

14.12 ... Troubleshooting and Error Handling ... 656

14.13 ... Summary ... 664

... Appendices ... 667

A ... SAP Cloud Platform Forms by Adobe ... 669

B ... Important SAP Notes ... 701

C ... Further Information and Sources ... 705

D ... The Author ... 709

... Index ... 711