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Jacky Liu

January 24, 2022 3 minute read

Configure the SAP BTP Cloud Foundry Environment Subaccount with SAP Forms Service by Adobe and Test with Postman

Purpose

This section shows how to configure the SAP BTP, Cloud Foundry environment subaccount, and the SAP Forms service by Adobe. This service API will be tested with with postman

Prerequisites

You have a subaccount on SAP BTP, Cloud Foundry environment and the subaccount has entitlement of service Forms service by Adobe .

Procedure

Note : Please use Microsoft Edge Browser to do the configuration .

1, Create instance for ADS subscription

Enter BTP sub-account and create instance for Form Service by Adobe

2,Enter BTP sub-account and create instance for Forms Service by Adobe API

3,Create key for Forms Service by Adobe API instance .

The ads rest api document URL: URI + /swagger-ui.html

https://adsrestapi-formsprocessing.cfapps.eu10.hana.ondemand.com/swagger-ui.html

4,Assing user Role Collections

5.Upload template file into Forms Service by Adobe

a .Copy address of Forms Service by Adobe

b. The form template store URL is : a. url + /adsrestapi/ui.html

https://apjcoe-x66183k9-ads.formsprocessing.cfapps.eu10.hana.ondemand.com/adsrestapi/ui.html

c. create form in ADS

d.download xdp temlate file from github in the following linkage :

https://github.com/SAP-samples/s4hana-ext-cloud-label-printing/blob/main/PrintLabel.xdp

e. Upload the downloaded XDP template file into ADS

Now the xdp template has been created in ADS

6, Test BTP form service by abobe rest api to render adobe form

a, use adobe live designer to open the xdp file from the following linkage:

s4hana-ext-cloud-label-printing/PrintLabel.xdp at main · SAP-samples/s4hana-ext-cloud-label-printing · GitHub

b, build printing content data for render rest api call

use notepad open the preview data

paste the body in the following website to encode it to BASE64

Base64 Encode and Decode – Online

c, build body for rest API call according to swagger ui in 2 :

d, test in postman

Method : Post

URL: From 3 URI + Swagger render api path

Authorization Type : OAuth 2.0

Authorization token url , client key client secret are from 3 instance key .

parameters :

templateSource: storageName

TraceLevel, 2

body is from c

response:

The End

Best regards!

Jacky Liu

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Murali Shanmugham

January 24, 2022 at 11:36 pm

Thanks for sharing. We no longer required to create a BTP Neo subaccount just for using Forms service by Adobe 🙂

Jacky Liu

Blog Post Author

February 8, 2022 at 8:48 am

Hi, Shanmugham,

This blog is base on BTP cloud foundry Forms service by Adobe .

Ramon Lee

June 1, 2023 at 11:22 am

Hi Jack,

Awesome blog, but i got stuck after RoleCollections adobeservice have been assigned to myself.

When attempting to access the Adobe Form Process i got a forbidden issue.

https://eu-au-hack2build-fhqf9s3k-ads.formsprocessing.cfapps.eu10.hana.ondemand.com/adsrestapi/ui.html

Jacky Liu

Blog Post Author

June 2, 2023 at 1:03 am

Hi,Ramon,

After assigning role , you'd better waite some time or clean browser's cache and login again . Then you can try again .

Best regards!

Jacky Liu

Henry Banks

March 9, 2022 at 12:03 pm

Hi Murali Shanmugham Hi Jacky Liu

Please could you help me with a customer question in relation to how the SAP Forms Service by Adobe is charged? (CPEA consumption model)

When using the Discovery Centre calculator, I can see this is charged in blocks of x forms per month but I would like to understand if this charge would apply for each sub-account that the service is activated under?

Regards, H

p.s. Ryan Gosnold

Henry Banks

March 10, 2022 at 2:14 pm

Replying to my own question ^^ as I got confirmation from the product manager who looks after this service:

<< An important point: The licensable entity is not forms, but ‘form requests’. It’s one ‘form request’ per 5 pages.

A customer purchases a global account and then activates Forms by Adobe for each subaccount. E.g. create and assign one subaccount for Prod, Test and Dev if they like.

However, this does not change anything with respect to the charge, because the charging for this forms service is based at the global account level. >>

Hope this helps.

Regards, H

Jacky Liu

Blog Post Author

April 17, 2022 at 12:55 pm

Hi, Henry,

Thanks for the sharing this information ! I think this explanation from PM team explain the cost estimate in discover center in the following linkage .

ads cost estimate

Best Regards!

Jacky Liu

Tom Franckaert

January 3, 2023 at 11:19 pm

Hello Jacky,

Very nice blog but when I try to test it (Get new access token) with postman I run into an issue.

The following 2 popups are displayed and no access token is returned.

Am I using the wrong grant type because when I use "Authorization code" I'm also obliged to fill in field "Auth URL"

Any help is highly appreciated.

Tom.

Tom Franckaert

January 4, 2023 at 8:46 am

Solved it myself.

Still, nice blog. 😉

Ashutosh Kumar Sinha

April 13, 2023 at 4:42 am

Hello Tom,

I am having same issue that you faced. Could you please help me with your solution to resolve this.

Thank you.

Ashutosh

Rohit Patil

April 17, 2023 at 8:51 am

hello sir,

if u struggle to get access token add this line last " /oauth/token" in

"Access token URL"

Declan Moore

June 1, 2023 at 12:51 pm

Hi,

I'm having some trouble with the final part of this guide. I'm up to 6c and have the body of the request created in Notepad++ including the encoded xml. Beyond that I am not sure what to do next.

I have installed Postman (which I have not used before) and it is unclear how I test the API from Swagger UI in Postman? I seem to be able to import the API ref from API Business Accelerator Hub or directly from the URL and can then see a collection with all of the various methods for each API but I'm not sure if this is right - and I'm unsure how to get my API call page to look like your's in 6d.

Could you provide some further clarity to how you get from 6c to 6d?

Thank you

Jacky Liu

Blog Post Author

June 2, 2023 at 1:01 am

Hi, Moor ,

6c is just for use to understand who define the path , parameter , and body in postman . You can test in 6d directly .

The following is the url and body I used in postman. Replace the bold part.

Replace the hostanme from your adobe service service key . Replace the xdpTemplate and xmlData in body .

https://adsrestapi-formsprocessing.cfapps.eu10.hana.ondemand.com/v1/adsRender/pdf?templateSource=storageName

{

"embedFont": 0,

"formLocale": "en_US",

"formType": "print",

"taggedPdf": 1,

"xdpTemplate": "labelprint/PrintLabel",

"xmlData": "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Hope this will help you !

Best regards!

Jacky Liu

Declan Moore

June 7, 2023 at 8:13 pm

Thank you!

Junpeng Lin

July 17, 2023 at 2:19 am

Hi Jacky,

I'm having some trouble with the API part of this guide.

Firstly Forms Service by Adobe is an instance instead of application so I can't get the url to open ADS

Have there been any changes recently for the service?

Secondly When I call the api by postman it response as below,

{
    "timestamp": 1689559378.219144000,
    "path": "/v1/adsRender/pdf",
    "message": "CONFLICT",
    "results": "RESTAPI: Conflict Error",
    "trace": "Conflict : Unable to connect to template store repository. Repository not found.",
    "errorLevel": "4"
}

Best Regards,

Junpeng Lin

Jacky Liu

Blog Post Author

July 17, 2023 at 2:54 am

Hi, Junpeng,

In 5 a and 5 e , we need to create form and upload template in xdp file . In 6c we need to use them as body fields . The error means the form and template can not be found .

Jacky Liu

Tobias Haak

November 16, 2023 at 4:39 pm

Hallo jacky Liu,Getting the same error as Junpeng.

I did subscribe only to the API service. Do I also have to subscribe to the "general" Form Service, so that a repository can be created? Or is it possible to create one without this?

Thanks!

Tobias

Jacky Liu

Blog Post Author

November 17, 2023 at 3:30 am

Hi,Tobias,

You need to create to create subscribtion and instance(API) both. You need to use the subscribtion to upload form templated .

Best regards!

Jacky Liu

Inês Martins

September 18, 2023 at 3:41 pm

Hi!

Thanks for the info. I'm getting status: 401Unauthorized, but I've followed all the steps. What can I be doing wrong?

Jacky Liu

Blog Post Author

September 19, 2023 at 12:02 am

Hi, Martins,

You need to get oauth token first as the following.

Best regards!

Jacky Liu

Farhan Ahmed

September 20, 2023 at 7:14 am

hello Jacky,

while performing get method the API is being called correctly and returns the data but while post method

https://adsrestapi-formsprocessing.cfapps.eu10.hana.ondemand.com/v1/adsRender/pdf?templateSource=storageName

the url i am using.. can you enlighten me on What can I be doing wrong?

Best regards!

Jacky Liu

Blog Post Author

September 20, 2023 at 7:27 am

Hi, Ahmed

I think you can check from the following 2 point .

1 ,The URL https://adsrestapi-formsprocessing.cfapps.eu10.hana.ondemand.com should come from your adobe service service key .

2, Check the request body .

Best regards!

Jacky Liu

Farhan Ahmed

September 27, 2023 at 9:00 am

Hello Jacky Liu,

thanks working fine now probably had issue with Grant Type or Client Authentication

Any idea on how to print these forms using specific parameter like Purchase order or Billing Document in Public Cloud ?

Best regards!

Farhan Ahmed

Jacky Liu

Blog Post Author

September 27, 2023 at 9:20 am

Hi, Ahmed,

If Public Cloud means s/4 hana cloud Es version, there is outbound management in S4HC, check this with consultant .

If Public Cloud does not mean s/4 hana cloud Es version, and you want to realize in BTP , please refer to the following blogs:

https://blogs.sap.com/2023/08/11/render-and-sign-pdf-document-in-a-ui5-application-with-btp-form-service-by-adobe/

https://blogs.sap.com/2022/12/25/test-btp-sap-print-service-with-postman/

https://blogs.sap.com/2023/09/03/build-digital-document-platform-backend-service-on-btp-with-btp-ads-sdm-print-service/

Best regards!

Jacky Liu

Pednekar Vidhi Milind

September 21, 2023 at 4:52 am

hello Jacky

Great Blog!! Followed all the steps and was able to call the API on Postman Successfully.. Additionally I want to Print these forms on Public Cloud Please will you Guide me on that

Best Regards,

Jacky Liu

Blog Post Author

September 21, 2023 at 7:39 am

Hi, Milind,

Thanks!

Would you please refer to the following blogs :

https://blogs.sap.com/2023/08/11/render-and-sign-pdf-document-in-a-ui5-application-with-btp-form-service-by-adobe/

https://blogs.sap.com/2022/12/25/test-btp-sap-print-service-with-postman/

https://blogs.sap.com/2023/09/03/build-digital-document-platform-backend-service-on-btp-with-btp-ads-sdm-print-service/

Best regards!

Jacky Liu

Abdul Hakim Sulaiman Batcha

October 31, 2023 at 3:40 am

Hello Jacky,

Thanks for sharing this blog with the community. QQ is there any detailed SAP training course on SAP Learning hub which covers these topics in more detail ?

Regards,

Abdul Hakim

Jacky Liu

Blog Post Author

October 31, 2023 at 5:05 am

Hi, Hakim,

As I know , currently there is no SAP Training couse on SAP Learning hub . There is mission named

Add Printing Label to Your User Experience for SAP S/4HANA Cloud for this .

Best regards!

Jacky Liu

Abdul Hakim Sulaiman Batcha

October 31, 2023 at 11:44 am

Thanks Jacky for the response and clarification.

Abdul Hakim Sulaiman Batcha

November 1, 2023 at 3:00 am

Hello Jacky

Couple of questions.

1. If the backend system is SAP S/4 HANA and if it is connected to BTP adobe form service. Is it possible to view and make changes to the SAP Standard form template? If Yes is it done using the form template url step 5b in the blog?

2. Also is there any configuration guide available which System admin can follow and set up the connectivity between SAP S/4 and BTP form service

3. Whether developer need access to BTP cockpit to access the form template url step 5b or if the system admin just share this url with the developer would suffice developer need without logging into BTP cockpit?

Regards

Abdul Hakim

Jacky Liu

Blog Post Author

November 7, 2023 at 11:14 pm

Hi, Abdul Hakim

You can refer to the following document . You can replace S/4HANA embedded ADS with BTP ADS .

https://help.sap.com/docs/forms-service-by-adobe/sap-forms-service-cf/configure-sap-forms-service-in-s-4hana-on-premise-systems?locale=en-US

Best Regards!

Jacky Liu

Inês Martins

November 7, 2023 at 12:03 pm

Hello,

What about if we want to deploy the app to the system?
I'm getting CORS errors when calling the api, but nothaving problems on postman.

How can i solve that?

Regards,
Inês

Jacky Liu

Blog Post Author

November 7, 2023 at 11:09 pm

Hi, Ines,

You can use destination in BTP Cloud foundry to overcome the CORS error .

You can refer to the following blog .

https://blogs.sap.com/2022/11/23/render-and-view-pdf-in-sap-ui5-with-forms-service-by-adobe-in-btp/

Best regards!

Jacky Liu

Julius Pereira

November 16, 2023 at 8:02 pm

Hi Jacky,

When performing step 4 - "assign role collections" step, i do not see adobeservice role collection listed. Is this something that has to be manually created?

I only see these.

Thank you

Julius

Jacky Liu

Blog Post Author

November 17, 2023 at 2:03 am

Hi, Julius,

It will take a some time for step 1 to be finished. Step 1's status should be subscribed . Then you could open browser in Incognito and login into BTP cockpit to do Step 4 .

Best regards!

Jacky Liu

Technical Articles

Configure the SAP BTP Cloud Foundry Environment Subaccount with SAP Forms Service by Adobe and Test with Postman

Purpose

Prerequisites

Procedure

1, Create instance for ADS subscription

2,Enter BTP sub-account and create instance for Forms Service by Adobe API

3,Create key for Forms Service by Adobe API instance .

4,Assing user Role Collections

5.Upload template file into Forms Service by Adobe

a .Copy address of Forms Service by Adobe

b. The form template store URL is : a. url + /adsrestapi/ui.html

c. create form in ADS

d.download xdp temlate file from github in the following linkage :

e. Upload the downloaded XDP template file into ADS

6, Test BTP form service by abobe rest api to render adobe form

a, use adobe live designer to open the xdp file from the following linkage:

b, build printing content data for render rest api call

c, build body for rest API call according to swagger ui in 2 :

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