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Author's profile photo Wence Lacaze

How-to: Use Document Templates in ITSM – Part 2 – Create Adobe PDF Templates.

This is the 2 part of the How-to Use Document Templates in ITSM Blog

Prerequisites

Scope and context

The scope of this blog, is show you how-to generate the PDF files dynamically with the information of the Ticket..


Procedure

Logon to Sap Solution Manager and select: Service Operations –> Document Template Designer. Click in New

Select The File Type and define all the fields (Remember to define the WebService name that you create before this document) and the Object Type BUS2000116 (CRM Activity).

IMPORTANT: DONT FLAG “Make Interactive”, This topic will be covered in a future blog

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After Press the button “Start Designer”, Solution Manager will be open the Adobe Livecycle Designer, and will be possible to press the Download Button, press the button to download the Template file to your computer.

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When you open the file with the Adobe LiveCycle Designer, you will be receive the following Information, (This is the XML Schema used but the form to capture the information)
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Now you will see the SAP Field defined in the WebServices in the “Data View” Tab.

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You can start to design your Form using Drag&Drop
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Now is time to upload the template to Sap Solution Manager again, you need to go back to Solman and browse your file, then click in Upload.

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HOW-TO USE THE FORMS

Create a new Attachment in any Incident or Change Document,  Open the Attachments Tab and Click in “With Template” and select the right one, the system add the file selected like attachment,  If you click on the file, Sap Solution Manager will be open the PDF file with all the information related to your ticket.

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      Author's profile photo Former Member
      Former Member

      Screenshots not available... 😥

      Author's profile photo Wence Lacaze
      Wence Lacaze
      Blog Post Author

      Sorry Miroslav, I don't know what happens with the pictures

      I'm checking this with SAP SDN.

      thxs

      Author's profile photo Wence Lacaze
      Wence Lacaze
      Blog Post Author

      Updated.

      Author's profile photo Venkat Janardhanam
      Venkat Janardhanam

      Hi Wences Lacaze

      Screenshots not available... 😥 .

      Author's profile photo Wence Lacaze
      Wence Lacaze
      Blog Post Author

      updated.