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Customize Form Layout to meet Localization Requirements
This blog post describes a sample business scenario for generating forms in a custom layout and how to do such an extension on the SAP S/4HANA Cloud. The process is described using a billing document as an example.
Such a custom layout might be required because of a common business practice, or because it is required by the law. For example, you need to print a billing document in a custom form layout.
The standard system provides forms of two types:
- Master Forms: They contain static data that is common across different types of forms. For example, a master form for use in both sales orders and purchase orders. Both forms display generic data such as a logo aligned on the top right corner, footer information about the company website, address and contact data.
. - Content Forms: They contain information specific to a form, for example purchase order relevant information, or information that is needed only on a sales order. The form contains basic information coming from the underlying master form, and additional information specific to the content form.
There are pre-defined templates available for master and content forms that can be reused and customized. You can also create customized form templates.
Note: Information provided in this document is as per features available in SAP S/4HANA Cloud release 1905. There might be variations to screen and field names in other release versions.
Prerequisites
You have administrative access to SAP S/4HANA Cloud and have implementation experience on the system.
You have experience using the AdobeLiveCycle Designer to modify the form structure.
Authorizations
| Business Role | Business Role ID |
| Configuration Expert – Business Network Integration | SAP_BR_CONF_EXPERT_BUS_NET_INT |
| Expert Configuration Expert – Business Process Configuration | SAP_BR_BPC_EXPERT |
Implementation
- Download form template (Maintain Form Templates app)
- Download the required master or content form template from the Pre-delivered Templates option on the Maintain Form Template app.
- Edit and customize the form as desired using Adobe LiveCycle. You can also create a new custom form template.
Note: Specify the Data Source while creating the new custom template, which should be the same as the as the data source of the downloaded standard form template.
- Upload custom form (Maintain Form Templates app)
- Specify the type of form while uploading the customized form to the system.
- Select organization level for the custom form (Implementation Cockpit app)
- Configure the custom master or custom form at the required organization level.
- Create a new entry for the custom form template that you have uploaded into the system and assign it to the relevant object types.
See Also: Master Template Determination
- Assign custom form to the print billing document (Output Parameter Determination app)
- Enter the information required for assigning the form to a billing document. For example, select the following:
- Billing Document against Show Rules
- Form Template in the Determination Step
- Output Type as Billing Document
- Specify the name of the custom form against Form template.
- Activate the assignment.
See Also: Assign Form Templates
- Enter the information required for assigning the form to a billing document. For example, select the following: