Check and Update Functions with the Report FP_CHK_REPORT 

Use

The report FP_CHK_REPORT enables you to check the layout of a form, and update it if necessary. You created a layout previously with the integrated Adobe LiveCycle Designer tool. Various objects can be selected for both the check function and the update function.

Only those objects used to migrate forms for Zero Client Installation (ZCI) are currently available. We therefore recommend that you use the transaction SFP_ZCI_UPDATE. This transaction calls this report with the required objects.

Prerequisites

●      To be able to use the update function, you require a role that is assigned to authorization object S_FP_CHK. For more information, see SAP Authorization Concept.

●      Any forms that you want to check or update have to be active.

●      Since Adobe Document Services (ADS) are called for this function, you must know the name of the appropriate RFC connection to ADS.

●      The check and update objects must be on the ADS server.

●      If you want to migrate forms for ZCI, read SAP Note 956074.

Features

This function allows you to check and update one or more forms. The link to Change and Transport System guarantees that updated forms are transported further in your landscape. You can choose one of the following options:

●      Check form layouts
This only checks the forms and does not modify them.

●      Update form layouts
This checks the forms and updates them if necessary, by inserting scripting.

Before it changes a form, the system creates a version of it automatically and saves it to version management. This guarantees that you always have access to a backup copy of the original form.

You can determine the scope of the check or update by selecting appropriate objects.

Detailed results of the check or update are shown in a log. The system also shows you a list of inactive forms that cannot be used with this function (if available).

Note that you cannot run this report in a background job.

Activities

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       1.      Run report FP_CHK_REPORT in transaction SA38.

       2.      Enter the name or names of the forms under Form(s).

You can select forms by attributes such as Name, Created By, Changed By, or Changed Onin a dialog box. You can also select forms in the Multiple Selection dialog box. You can also copy form names from a text file or the buffer.

       3.      Under Activity, specify whether you want the system to run a check or an update.

       4.      Under ADS Connection, specify the RFC connection to Adobe Document Services.

The default shown by the system is ADS.

       5.      If you want to restrict the check and update function to forms developed in the current system, or to forms that have the current system has their source system, you can set an appropriate filter. In the Further Settings group box, select the Current System is Source System flag.

       6.      Choose Execute (F8).

       7.      The system determines the number of forms on which the function is used and displays it in the status bar.

       8.      Select at least one object to be checked or updated from the list of available check and update objects.

A dialog box tells you if no check or update objects are available.

You must read SAP Note 956074 before you select an object if you want to run an update before migrating forms for ZCI.

       9.      For any forms assigned to a package, the system prompts you to enter the appropriate transport request for each transport layer. This guarantees that your updates are transported. This prompt does not appear for forms or packages created as local objects.

   10.      The check or update runs, and may take some time depending on the number of forms selected. You can see the results in a log. These logs are saved in the application log, where you can display and analyze them later.