Migrating BDS Graphics into the MIME Repository 

Use

Before you start to migrate a Smart Form into a PDF-based form, you have to migrate all the graphics used in the Smart Form into the MIME Repository. Migrated graphics are then available in BMP format and can be used in PDF-based forms. The migration report RSXFT_MIGRATE_BDS_GRAPHICS allows you to migrate single or all BDS graphics into the MIME Repository.

Note that, in the new SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe solution, you do not use a link to access graphics in MIME Repository; instead, you use the Graphic Content option. You specify this in the graphics node in the form context of the PDF-based form. For more information, see the documentation about graphics nodes in PDF-based forms.

Prerequisites

The graphics are available on the Business Document Server (BDS). For more information, see Printing Graphics.

 

Procedure

       1.      Choose System → Services → Reporting  (transaction SA38), and enter the report RSXFT_MIGRATE_BDS_GRAPHICS.

       2.      Choose Execute.

       3.      Specify the BDS key fields Graphic name, Graphic object, Graphic ID, and Graphic type. If you do not know these fields, you can find them in the administration of form graphics (transaction SE78) by looking for graphics. To do this, select a corresponding node and use the F4 Help for the Names field. The system displays a table that contains the key fields.

       4.      If you want the system to overwrite any graphics of the same name in the MIME Repository, select Overwrite.

       5.      Choose Execute.

       6.      Assign the migrated graphic to a package, or save the graphic as a local object.

       7.      If the package is assigned to a transport request, the system prompts you to enter the name of the request.

If you want to assign migrated graphics to different packages, you have to execute the report for each package. To do so, specify the corresponding selection criteria under point 3.

Result

The specified graphics are migrated. A log is created in the application log and displayed. This log is kept in the system for three days. The graphics are in the navigation tree of the MIME Repository under Graphic Object → Graphic ID → Graphic Type → Graphic Name.

The directory structure is as follows:

●      Root directory: /sap/bc/fp/graphics/public

●      Complete URL:

<protocol>://<server>:<port>/

<root directory>/<graphic object>/<graphic ID>/<graphic type>/<graphic name>.bmp

<protocol>, <server>, and <port> are properties of the SAP Web Application Server.

 

Example

You want to migrate the following graphic.

Graphic in Business Document Service

BDS Key Field	Name
Graphic name	Enjoy
Graphic object	Graphics
Graphic ID	BMAP
Graphic type	Bitmap image color (BCOL)

 

The migrated graphic is stored in the MIME Repository in the following directory:

●      /graphics/bmap/bcol/enjoy

The complete URL is as follows:

●      <protocol>://<server>:<port>/sap/bc/fp/graphics/public/graphics/bmap/bcol/enjoy.bmp