Spice of this part: Many of us ABAPers may not realize that Adobe Forms can be tested independently in transaction SE37, much like Smart Forms. This tip might not be found in every “SAP Adobe Interactive Form Tutorial. Part I. First Adobe Forms“ you come across.

So clasp your safety belts and prepare for this delightful excursion on SAP Adobe Structure with our experience Pilot, Slam Daruru.

Tutorial 1: Our First Adobe Form

Pre-requisites: Adobe life cycle designer in your system and it should be configured in the Sever as well.

Transaction code: SFP. In the previous article, we told a trick to remember this. Smart Form PDF. 

Enter the Point of interaction and Make (Point of interaction is required for Adobe structure).

What are the uses of Form Interface?

1. In the structure interface, you determine the information that is traded with the application program (like tables, structures, workspaces).
2. Under Worldwide Definitions, you characterize your own fields, factors and so on.
3. The framework fields contain information with a predefined meaning (like the date).

Give the Depiction and Press on Save.

Give the Bundle name and Save.

Really look at the Connection point properties. Examine the left side and the right half of the board. Check the Boundary Name which was created consequently.

Allow us to add our own custom Boundary Name. Select the Import choice under Structure Point of interaction (left side) and press the Make button (right side) to add a Bringing in Boundary IV_TEXT.

For this instructional exercise, IV_TEXT is of type CHAR30 and actually look at the discretionary Banner.

Check, Save and Initiate the Structure Point of interaction.

Return or go to t-code SFP once more. This time we want to make the Structure.

Ideally, we don’t have to educate you again to Press on Make button.

Give the Portrayal of the Structure and the Point of interaction name which we made before.

Enter the Bundle name and Save.

This is the main look of our Structure. Left side we have the Connection point and right side the Specific situation.

Extend the Import Boundary and Simplified the expected variable to Setting

What is the significance of the Context in Form Builder?

In the unique circumstance (otherwise called the structure setting), you determine which information is replicated from the connection point to the structure. You can likewise remember this information as a hub for a pecking order structure. In this pecking order, you can likewise conclude the structure rationale by determining conditions for handling the hubs.

The setting capability in Structure Developer is the connection that ties the point of interaction to the design. You develop the structure setting from the current connection point.

In the event that the above clarification is excessively unclear for you. Disregard it.

Essentially recollect Setting as information announcement at the Worldwide Region, might be very much like TOP Incorporate program.

To put it plainly, assuming you need your boundaries i.e inner tables, workspaces or variable and so forth to be passed from your driver program to Connect and afterward to the Structure then you want to characterize that interior table, workspaces or factors at the Setting of the Structure. Does it appear to be legit? Or on the other hand did I befuddle you more?

Anything characterized in Setting of the Structure is accessible in the Structure to be shown or controlled. Assuming you characterized a variable in the Structure Connection point yet didn’t make it in the Unique situation, then that Point of interaction variable could never be accessible in the Structure.

Basic simplified the boundaries from Connection point to the Structure Setting (as displayed in the figure underneath). All the limiting between Connection point boundaries and Structure setting would happen naturally.

On the off chance that you could do without alternate routes (simplified) or on the other hand assuming you need the setting boundary name to be not quite the same as that in Structure Connection point, then, at that point, you really want to determine the Information Field in the properties of the Setting component without help from anyone else. For instance, if you need to make a setting P_TEXT however you need to tie it with IV_TEXT, then, at that point, the Information Field ought to be IV_TEXT as displayed underneath.

Tip: Simplified from Connection point to the Unique circumstance and afterward change the name/portrayal of the Setting component. This will save your time and you don’t have to unequivocally keep up with the properties.

Allow us to actually look at the Format Tab.

Left side we have Progressive system, Tab Request, Information View and so on and Right side we have Plan, Mater and PDF Review choices.

Let us picked Information View and Simplified the Field which we need to print on the structure to Configuration view. You can put this recorded anyplace in the design. For our model, we have only one component IV_TEXT. The explanation being basic. We made only one component in the Unique circumstance. You can add several additional background information components and they would be accessible here to be passed to the design. In next posts, we will add greater intricacy to our necessity and you would have the option to perceive how we can deal with numerous components.

You can change the Inscription from IV_TEXT to required subtitle. For instance: Text. Click on the component and change the properties of the Article on the right hand side.

Check, Save and Initiate the Structure.

Stand Alone Testing of Adobe Form by using Interface:

To see yield for test reason even before your calling project or driver program is prepared, you can press F8 and again F8 and input a worth to the Connection point and really take a look at the result.

note: Ideally, at this point you have understood that like Smartform, Adobe structure additionally produces a capability module in the back end.

Execute (F8)

Press on Print review button. Check the info boundary is effectively passed from connection point to the design.

Like SAP Script and Smartform, Adobe Form also need a Driver Program. Forms have no utility if they are alone. They need a partner to be complete.  Let us take a look at the other side of the coin.

If you have worked in Smartform earlier, you would find no difference. We just need to pass the data to the Form using the Interface parameters. And debugging is also similar as Smartform.

*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
*======================================================================*
*                     YRAM_ADOBE_FORM_PROGRAM1                           *
*======================================================================*
* Project     : SAP Adobe Forms Tutorial                               *
* Author      : Varad                                *
* Description : Driver Program to Print Adobe form                     *
*======================================================================*
REPORT yram_adobe_form_program1.

TABLES : apb_lpd_otr_keys.

**&&~~ Data Objects
DATA: gv_fm_name         TYPE rs38l_fnam,      " FM Name
      gs_fp_docparams    TYPE sfpdocparams,
      gs_fp_outputparams TYPE sfpoutputparams.

CONSTANTS : gv_form_name TYPE fpname VALUE 'YRAM_ADOBE_FORM1'.

**&&~~ Selection Screen
*
PARAMETERS : p_text TYPE char30.
*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
**&&~~ Form Processing: Call Form - Open
*
CALL FUNCTION 'FP_JOB_OPEN'
  CHANGING
    ie_outputparams = gs_fp_outputparams
  EXCEPTIONS
    cancel          = 1
    usage_error     = 2
    system_error    = 3
    internal_error  = 4
    OTHERS          = 5.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
  " Suitable Error Handling
ENDIF.
*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
**&&~~ Get the Function module name based on Form Name
*
CALL FUNCTION 'FP_FUNCTION_MODULE_NAME'
  EXPORTING
    i_name     = gv_form_name
  IMPORTING
    e_funcname = gv_fm_name.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
  " Suitable Error Handling
ENDIF.
*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
**&&~~ Take the FM name by executing the form - by using Pattern-
**&&~~ call that FM and replace the FM Name by gv_fm_name
*
**&&~~ Call the Generated FM
CALL FUNCTION gv_fm_name   "'/1BCDWB/SM00000176'
  EXPORTING
    /1bcdwb/docparams = gs_fp_docparams
    iv_text           = p_text
* IMPORTING
*   /1BCDWB/FORMOUTPUT       =
  EXCEPTIONS
    usage_error       = 1
    system_error      = 2
    internal_error    = 3
    OTHERS            = 4.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
* Implement suitable error handling here
ENDIF.
*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
**&&~~ Form Processing: Call Form - Open
*
CALL FUNCTION 'FP_JOB_CLOSE'
* IMPORTING
*   E_RESULT             =
* EXCEPTIONS
*   USAGE_ERROR          = 1
*   SYSTEM_ERROR         = 2
*   INTERNAL_ERROR       = 3
*   OTHERS               = 4
  .
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
* Implement suitable error handling here
ENDIF.
*&---------------------------------END----------------------------------*

Let us test the Output using the Driver Program:

Execute the Driver Program and picked the Print Review choice. The info field is accurately shown in the Structure Format.

Do you have anything to add to this article? Have you faced any issues while using Adobe Forms? Would you like to share any real project requirements or solutions? If so, please feel free to share your thoughts. For more detailed guidance, refer to our “SAP Adobe Interactive Form Tutorial. Part I. First Adobe Forms“. Kindly leave your comments in the section below.

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This blog will show you BPMN 2.0 in a nutshell and guide you on how to design a business process model using the BPMN 2.0 graphical representation language.

To put it plainly, underneath is the substance we will be intricate in this instructional exercise:

• What is BPMN?
• Need for BPMN in SAP PO
• Types of shapes in BPMN

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1. What is BPMN ?

BPMN 2.0 in a Nutshell: BPMN stands for Business Process Model and Notation. It is a standard developed by the Object Management Group (OMG). The primary goal of BPMN is to provide graphical documentation that is understandable to all business users. Since it is based on flowchart principles, it is straightforward and easy to grasp. BPMN is widely used to standardize the language for describing business processes. It is easy to learn and can be utilized by both IT and business users. Although many symbols are available for various use cases, only a handful are commonly used to represent most processes.

At an undeniable level, BPMN assists partners with figuring out the interaction through a visual portrayal, since graph can make complex cycle more clear.

2. Need for BPMN in SAP PO?

In the event that you have perused the past post, you would realize BPM process. To lay out the BPM cycle in SAP NWDS device, we really want to plan the business cycle utilizing a language called BPMN. Variant of BPMN is 2.0. BPMN2.0. We have two sorts of PO establishment. One is Single Stack Java based and another is double stack ABAP + Java based. In double stack engineering, we also have BPM, however its ccBPM which isn’t similar to NW BPM. Likewise, the language used to make ccBPM process is BPEL (Business Interaction Execution Language) though for NW BPM, its BPMN2.0.

3. Types of shapes in BPMN: BPMN 2.0 in a Nutshell

BPMN is made of specific components or shapes that contains visual language. BPMN has 4 fundamental gatherings of shapes.

– Flow Objects -> Events / Activities / Gateways

– Connecting Objects -> Sequence / Message Flow / Association

– Swimlanes -> Pool / Lane

– Artifacts -> Data / Group / Annotation

1) Flow Objects – Events:

The primary sort of stream object is Occasion. Occasions trigger a beginning/change or finishes an interaction. There are 3 kinds of occasions:

Begin – Each cycle in a BPMN chart should start with starting occasion called Start occasion. Many beginning occasions contain a symbol in the center to characterize the occasions trigger. For e.g., a Beginning occasion that contains the envelope symbol in the center shows that the message shows up and triggers the beginning of a cycle.

Halfway – This component has two circles with some offset.

End – An End occasion implies the finish of a specific cycle or way inside an interaction. At the point when you see an end occasion, you can affirm that there could be no further cycle should be added or will be accessible after that. End occasions have a thick boundary.

Begin, Halfway and End Occasions can be additionally assigned into a few images. Recall your BPMN graph, regardless of the cycle, will essentially have one beginning occasion and one end occasion.

2) Flow Objects – Activities:

Exercises then again are the structure blocks of BPMN graph. They address a particular undertaking performed by an individual or framework and their shown by square shape with adjusted corners. In exercises, you can add symbols in the action to outwardly show significant traits like message send or get, client undertakings, manual errands and so on.

There are 4 main types of activities:

Task – An undertaking is a solitary activity in a cycle. Like Altering the receipt, mailing to business.

Subprocess – A Subprocess make out of different stream objects. Subprocess will come convenient assuming your BPMN graph is tremendous with many BPMN components and you don’t maintain that less significant cycle should mess the chart. In this way, its smarter to put it inside sub-process. A Sub-process has an Or more image in center which signifies that the sub-process holds youngster components inside itself.

Transaction – A transaction activity represents a payment process.

Call – A call movement calls and starts up another cycle and the parent interaction will go on just when the other cycle is done.

3) Flow Objects – Gateways:

The last kind of stream objects are Passages. Entryways are addressed by precious stone shape and goes about as a choice point that concludes the interaction way or stream in light of specific circumstances or occasions. For e.g., in light of the mail content, the door will send the mail body to the beneficiary.

There are a few sorts of doors with a precious stone shape, with various images inside to recognize the kind of Entryway.

A portion of the principal passages are: Selective, Occasion based, Equal, Comprehensive, Complex choice entryways.

Selective Passage – Jewel Shape with X imprint inside it. Additionally called as XOR entryway. In the underneath BPMN scrap, we have utilized elite passage, where client needs to pick which spiderman they like and in view of that choice, the restrictive entryway will decide and continues with the following assignment, which is Decision in favor of top picks. The contrast among selective and rest of the entryway is, in elite, all friendly arrangement streams are assessed, and any one activity should be picked.

Occasion Based Passage – Occasion based entryway is like Selective door, where just a single branch will be initiated, rest of the branches will get deactivated. In select entryway, a condition articulation is assessed, however in occasion based passage, the condition will be founded on occasions. For e.g., When a client makes a credit demand, it is important to request a few records. In the event that client doesn’t bring the archives till 2 days, we will contact the client mentioning for same nevertheless not gave, then end the cycle. Assuming records got, check it and interaction will end. Here, occasion based entryway will have 2 parts, where first split is hanging tight for 2 days for records and second split is getting reports.

Equal Passage – Precious stone with an or more sign inside it. In equal passage, all branches will get enacted. Like, on the off chance that we utilize equal door in above model, the two branches, trusting that 2 days for client will bring the endlessly archives got branch will get actuated parallelly. On the off chance that there is what is going on, where all split branches ought to be executed, favor equal entryway. Equal door is likewise called AND entryway.

For a legitimate model on equal passage is, purchasing staple things in general store.

In above general store model, till you purchase all referenced things (milk, bread rolls, food) the door will not execute the following stage of installment. It will stand by till all things are bought.

Comprehensive Door – Circle inside a jewel. Comprehensive Door is likewise called OR entryway. We should straight away go with the model.

In the above piece, comprehensive passage will pick something like 1 branch to get chosen or all branches. Like, assuming we purchase Marie gold bread roll, OR door will sit tight for the reaction of the other two branch status. On the off chance that Oreo branch is chosen, it will be added and same for good day. Until it gets reaction from all branches, the OR entryway will not get finished. It is generally a decent practice to have a default branch which would execute on the off chance that the bread rolls are not really purchased. For determining default branch, there will be change in bolt, with a strike toward the beginning of bolt.

4) Connecting Objects – Sequence Flow:

Exercises, doors, and curios don’t have a lot of significant worth all alone in the event that they can’t be associated with one another. This is the explanation we are utilizing Associating objects. We will utilize different association objects in view of the transmission. The first is Grouping.

Succession stream interfaces different stream articles like occasions, exercises and passages.

5) Connecting Objects – Message Flow:

A message stream is utilized to show the progression of messages between two members that are ready to send and get them. In BPMN, each pool addresses one member. Trade of data between members can be signified in Message stream connector.

6) Connecting Objects – Association:

An affiliation associates extra data, like a note, to individual components in the process model, for example, stream objects, Swimlanes, and information objects.

7) Swimlanes – Pools:

Swimlanes are only compartment to bunch the BPM processes. A swimlane addresses a utilitarian element or obligation simultaneously and can be demonstrated either upward or on a level plane contingent upon the direction of the whole BPD. Swimlanes will show us who are responsible for each interaction. In the event that you are having at least one donor, it will result in different swimlanes.

Pool swimlane addresses a cycle member and fills in as a holder for single interaction. Paths can be utilized to sort the division into numerous parts, as in client care administration pool we can have 2 paths, Programming frameworks and Programmed replying mail.

8) Artifacts – Data:

There are numerous data ancient rarities for Information Article. Fundamentally, all data antiquities address information, either information, result or assortment of information/yield. Assuming there are numerous records that is sent as an info, we use Information Assortment and same goes to Result.

You could feel a little uncertain on how this information object situated in BPMN graph. See the underneath piece.

This arrangement of information object doesn’t have an effect in the BPM cycle while executing. It is an extra data to the client that an information that is being utilized and yield record is produced. There are a lot more images like information store, where we can utilize it in the event that we are bringing the information from a data set.

9) Artifacts – Annotation:

Explanations are extra data gave to an undertaking or an action on what’s the errand reason. It is a greater amount of like giving remarks to exercises in BPMN graph.

There are two different ways we can give extra data, one is to explicit movement and another is to gathering of interaction.

In this way, we have finished the nuts and bolts on grasping the BPMN images. In next post, we will test the comprehension with different business experiments.

I trust you were able to learn about this fascinating topic, “BPMN 2.0 in a Nutshell“ If you feel a little unsure or have any questions or suggestions, please leave your comments below.

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This blog will provide an Introduction to NW BPM and NW BRM in SAP PO, offering a general understanding of these concepts in a single stack environment with a relevant business use case.

To put it plainly, underneath is the substance we will be intricate in this instructional exercise:

• What is NW BPM in SAP PO?
• Need for NW BPM in SAP PO
• Real Life example using NW BPM
• Composite Environment
• BPM & BPMN
• What is NW BRM in SAP PO?

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1) What is NW BPM in SAP PO?

BPM represents Business Interaction The executives and NW implies NetWeaver which says like BPM runs on SAP NetWeaver Java Based Application server. BPM gives the command over the course of a business application like planning, execution and observing. It permits associations to adjust their business situations and cycles to new business procedures and fulfill the needs of the present business climate constantly.

SAP gave one Extra part called NWBRM, and that implies NetWeaver Business Rules The executives. Process Coordination is a combo item.

SAP PO = SAP PI (AEX) + BPM + BRM

NWBPM is a different layer in PO, where the point of interaction creation or transmission can occur without BPM’s assistance. There may be a few situations where improvement of standard SAP Business Suite processes with web and rule-based process steps.

Frequently for a few client’s standard cycles ought to be upgraded to help a consistent reconciliation of infrequent clients (e.g., directors, outer colleagues, … ) through online UIs. Likewise, portable situations for individual interaction steps are required. Consequently, SAP Interaction Arrangement offers numerous specialized choices. With BPM such necessities can be executed effectively and proficiently, similar to execution of endorsement processes.

2) Need for NW BPM in SAP PO?

BPM is expected in circumstances where the circumstances are not satisfied by basic methodology. There are sure circumstances where we require BPM usefulness:

• Handling of different messages for example Converging of two documents into one or of single record and sending it to numerous collectors parallelly or successively.

• Trust that a message will be shown up.
• Complex business process which includes embedding information into a few framework and getting reaction on specific condition structure every one of the collector.
• Correspondence between a coordinated and a nonconcurrent framework which is finished with BPM.

3) Real life example using NW BPM:

Envision the business cycle included when you are structure a thing in an eatery. The initial step is that you submit a request, second, passed to kitchen for readiness and afterward once request is prepared, it will be served. Furthermore, finally, you will make installment. In the above use case, we can see that the request data is passed to a few frameworks and individuals and with heaps of coordination, requested thing is conveyed.

Likewise, associations made processes in view of their current administrations and applications. Also, there will be individuals included who will deal with the administrations and the applications. Just to finish one responsibility like convey the arranged thing, organizations could go through or incorporate with various administrations. Organizations would try and make another interaction by consolidating different innovation, data, and applications.

Additionally, we must have clear start to finish process perceivability and quicker completion time to run the cycle. That is the explanation organizations embrace instruments that help such sort of work process devices or BPM apparatuses. So that organizations would have unlimited authority on their administrations.

4) Composite Environment:

How about we check the Composite Climate out. It is a biological system where you join things together. SAP NetWeaver gives composite climate which is Java based climate where we can foster work processes and join various administrations together. CE has apparatuses, servers, and observing dashboards to fabricate and maintain our business cycles and NW BPM is one of them which can be planned, created, conveyed, tried, and executed behind the scenes server is SAP NetWeaver AS. Aside from improvement, it gives start to finish perceivability on the interaction device. The PO is combo item which has AEX, BPM, BRM. So AEX needs to correspondence with NW BPM for it to utilize BPM highlight in the composite climate.

AEX will deal with the network. BPM BRM deals with the running/handling of the cycle. In the above outline, it is apparent that B2B/A2A applications will contact AEX, for availability. Thus, the stream will be SAP ECC – > PO – > BPM – > PO – > outsider. SAP NWDS instrument is utilized for process demonstrating. NWDS is based on top of Obscuration apparatus by upgrading a few highlights to it needs. Composite applications can get to Big business Administration Library.

5) BPM & BPMN:

There are two sorts of cycles: Framework Driven Cycles and Human Driven Cycles. In Framework driven process, there will be no manual mediation required, similar to trade of receipt information from shipper to collector framework. While human driven process, human mediation is expected to finish the interaction, such as booking a flight ticket.

It is critical to comprehend framework driven and human driven, on the grounds that when we foster BPM process, we should have the option to separate it.

At the point when you fabricate communicate with AEX, you really want to assemble some part in AEX, and you want to change back to Composite climate and foster BPM and return to AEX to finish the connection point, as displayed in above outline.

So AEX handles Information change, directing, availability, and informing framework which implies all associations in source and target just occurs from AEX. Likewise, AEX deals with the information transformation yet in addition it can handover the obligation to BPM for information change/handling.

You can arrange in PO, as, when you get the message from shipper framework, it can give that obligation of dealing with the message to BPM. Whenever message is shipped off PO to BPM, BPM will get enacted and it will begin executing the means in view of framework driven or human driven process. When BPM process is finished, the reaction will be shipped off PO and note that BPM doesn’t send the reaction straightforwardly to collector or outsider framework.

Presently for fostering the BPM cycle, you want to learn BPMN language. Variant of BPMN is 2.0. BPMN2.0. BPMN represents Business Interaction Model and Documentation.

As said in past posts, we have two sorts of PO establishment. One is Single Stack Java based and another is double stack ABAP + Java based. In double stack design, we also have BPM, however its ccBPM which isn’t similar to NW BPM. Likewise, the language used to make ccBPM process is BPEL (Business Cycle Execution Language). In this way, in the event that you are moving from Double Stack to Single stack, you should update or re-gain the NW BPM process without any preparation.

Business Cycle Model and Documentation (BPMN) is a graphical portrayal for business process demonstrating that gives a graphical documentation to determining business processes in a Business Interaction Outline (BPD). It isn’t like programming, rather it depends on flowcharting procedure however used to address business process model.

We will have one nitty gritty post on portraying the BPMN2.0 language linguistic structure, occasions, passages, and association graphs. Test BPM stream:

6) What is NW BRM in SAP PO?

NW BRM represents NetWeaver Business Rules The board. BRM is about rules. In BPM, when you have some business rules, you will characterize that in BRM. For example, in the event that you request a thing, we can set a condition on request sum limit and keeping in mind that setting up the thing in eatery kitchen, the planning time shouldn’t surpass 30mins or somewhere in the vicinity. These sorts of rules can be set in NW BRM.

The justification for why the NW BRM is given independently as opposed to remembering it for NW BPM is on the grounds that the business rules could change much of the time, and the expert shouldn’t contact or change the business interaction thus. Thus, SAP has added another part in Composite Climate, so business rules can be adjusted without upsetting BPM.

In this post, we will provide an Introduction to NW BPM and NW BRM in SAP PO and demonstrate how to model a BPM process using the industry-standard BPMN 2.0 language.

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