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Output Management and In-App Extension for Account Statement forms in SAP S/4 HANA
Summary :
The below blog focusses on the Output Management Configuration and execution of Account Statement forms .
Steps to be followed for configuration :
Form Name : FIN_FO_CORR_ACC_STAT
ODATA Service : FDP_FFO_CORR_ACC_STAT_SRV
Configure the below set of Views . Note : This can be also done via SPRO.
V_T048B : Allocate Program for Automatic Correspondence
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V_T048I : Call Options of Correspondence Types
V_T048O : Allocate Output Management for Automatic Correspondence
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APOC_C_FORMV : Form Template
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APOC_C_EMAILTV : Email Template
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APOC_C_CHANNELV : Channel Print/Email
V_FIN_CORR_VRNT : Define Custom Variants for Correspondence Types
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V_FIN_CORR_TYPE : Assign Labels and Company Codes
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Once the above configuration is completed the Form can be tested by the below two ways :
- In case of Fore ground processing or testing use the below Fiori application
Create Correspondence https://fioriappslibrary.hana.ondemand.com/sap/fix/externalViewer/#/detail/Apps(‘F0744A’)/S21OP
Create Correspondence Fiori App
Now Click on the preview you can see the below Standard OM form in the output
Print Preview
Email sending functionality is also possible using send email button :
Email Sending Functionality
For the background processing use the below Job scheduling Fiori application Schedule Accounts Payable Jobs as shown below :
https://fioriappslibrary.hana.ondemand.com/sap/fix/externalViewer/#/detail/Apps(‘F2257’)/S21OP
Click on Create a new job
Similarly Use the In-App Extension to change the email templates as shown below :
Open the Custom Email template and copy the standard email template
Variables
CDS Views
Now change the email template by changing the email subject adding additional variables in the email body ,Configure the custom email template and test the same.
Custom Email template
Custom Template configuration
Custom Template
Thus we can change the form layout and also the email template to adapt the same to custom functionality
Hi Vijaya,
If I understand correctly what you're trying to achieve, you want to employ the Adobe Form with Fragments approach for Correspondence used in S/4HANA Cloud in an on-prem scenario, rather than the standard approach using the RFKORD* print programs.
Given the on-prem systems don't seem to ship with the BRF+ Functions that are associated with the Application Object Types, I am unable to create output in the Create Correspondence app. I receive the error "Output Management nodes could not be created using BRF+", but I am unable to configure this in the Output Parameter Determination app, as the absence of the BRF+ function in on-prem means that the application object type is not listed in the Show Rules For dropdown listbox.
How did you get around this restriction? Were you able to dowload the BRF+ application from somewhere?
Many thanks,
Andrew
Andrew Fordham : Looks like this is not yet shipped for BRF+ did you try alternatively the tables mentioned in the blog ?
Hi Vijaya,
I have populated all the tables that you mention in your blog (some were already populated), but the problem at runtime comes in the Create Correspondence app when the Preview button is hit. The BRF+ IDs are selected for application object type FFO_CORR_ACCST from CDS view apoc_i_brf_object_type (table apoc_i_brf).
The process calls method CL_APOC_OUTPUT_TYPE_CONFIG->IF_APOC_OUTPUT_TYPE_CONFIG~BRF_PARAMETER_DETERMINATION with the OUTPUT_TYPE function ID from apoc_i_brf_object_type, but this function does not exist in our S/4HANA system.
Which release of S/4 are you working with? Is there any way of getting these missing BRF+ appliations?
Thanks, Andrew
Hi I am working with 2021 Version of S/4
Hi, we have as S/4HANA 2021 on-prem system as well. We upgraded from 2020 recently though, so I wonder if that's why the BRF+ applications are missing. I think I'll raise an incident.
Thanks,
Andrew
Hello Andrew, were you able to solve the BRF+ issue?
Hi Enrique,
No, we were not able to use OPD for Correspondence, so we used the old way instead.
However, I did subsequently discover SAP note 2248229 which contains zip files with all the BRF+ applications used in OPD for each S/4HANA release. I believe later versions contain some Correspondence document.
Hi,
Thanks for this article. Really helped us. Is there any way to find the business context for this form template? We have requirement to add custom fields and logic to this form.
Hello Ramesh,
there is no business context for Account Statement.
You can extend data source for Account Statement by implementing BAdI: Adjustment of Data in Account Statement Before Rendering (ACCST_ADJUST_DATA_BEFORE_RNDR).
This BAdI is called just before data for Account Statement are transformed to XML.
You can freely edit data before they are passed to Adobe Document Service.
There are attributes called 'CustomField' on several nodes in structure, which can be used to store additional data.
Then you use them in Form.
There are similar BAdIs for 'Open Items List' and 'Customer Statement'.
help.sap.com/docs/SAP_S4HANA_CLOUD/918bca53037f408f91a2295d04ac16bc/6f2b05562b038809e10000000a441470.html?locale=en-US
Hi Vijaya Chintarlapalli I'm getting the below error when previewing pdf of my Current HANA system. (version2021onPrem).AnyIdeaOnthis?
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As you are on On-prep solution, you can check SLG1 object FI_CORR. Error says, that 'Output manegement could not generate PDF document', this can be caused by incorrect setting of OPD for Open Items List. Eg. no Form Template is determined, no printer is determined.
Hi, We have used new OM for account statements. But this Fiori app 'Correspondence' does not allow to generate of multiple layouts for a whole Company code,etc. Also, now we can not use the traditional approach either.
Any other Firoi app is available to generate multiple layouts for correspondence?