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 PSCD, Saving of Form Data in Transparent Tables

 

Technical Data

Technical Name of Business Function

PSCD_TRM_TTF

Type of Business Function

Industry Business Function

Available From

SAP Enhancement Package 7 SP07 for SAP ERP 6.0

Note Note

Versioning and archiving of Transparent Tables for Forms (TTF) is available as of Support Package 08.

End of the note.

Technical Usage

Public Sector Accounting

Application Component

Public Sector Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable (IS-PS-CA)

Directly Dependent Business Function Requiring Activation in Addition

PSCD_TRM_AND_WITHHOLDING

This feature can be used to save form fields and form data submitted by tax payers in transparent tables in the ABAP environment.

By using TTF (Transparent Tables for Forms), you can improve performance when saving and reading data than when doing so in the Business Document Service (BDS) using XML strings, which is also still possible. All ISR (Internet Service Request) functions and Adobe Interactive Forms are still supported in conjunction with TTF but with certain limitations (these limitations are listed in the Features section.

Prerequisites

You have installed the following components as of the version mentioned:

Type of Component

Component

Is Needed Only for the Following Features

Software Component

IS-PS-CA 617

EA-APPL 617

SAP_APPL 617

FI-CA 6.17

Once you have activated this business function, you must perform data cleansing for the existing scenario and version data. Execute the cleansing program FMCA_TTF_QISROBJECT_FILL using transaction SE38.

Features

The features of the business function PSCD, Saving of Form Data in Transparent Tables include the following functions:

  • In the Customizing activity Define Form, you can decide whether form fields and form data is to be saved on the basis of XML or TTF for new scenarios and the versions they contain. Once you have activated TTF-based saving for a scenario, all subsequent versions must remain TTF-based. You can no longer return to XML-based saving.

    Note Note

    Note that if you deactivate this business function, you can no longer use the TTF-based scenarios and versions.

    End of the note.

    For more information about activating TTF, see Customizing for Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable under Start of the navigation path Business Transactions Next navigation step Public Sector Tax Assessment Next navigation step Form Processing Next navigation step Forms Next navigation step Define Forms Next navigation step Activate Transparent Tables for Forms End of the navigation path.

  • When TTF is activated, the system generates a transparent table for each scenario and the versions it contains. You can group form fields when you define the form. In this case, the system generates an additional sub table for each grouping. Generation of these transparent tables takes place automatically in the background when you save your Customizing settings on the basis of the AET (Application Enhancement Tool).

    You must make the AET settings required before using the AET. You do this in Customizing for Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable under Start of the navigation path Technical Settings Next navigation step UI Framework Next navigation step UI Framework Definition Next navigation step Application Enhancements Next navigation step Define System Settings End of the navigation path

  • TTF supports the versioning of form bundles. Each version of a form bundles summarizes the current status of all bundled forms as a snapshot or a versioning time and can be generated automatically using the event implementation P354.

    You make the setting for TTF versioning in Customizing for Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable under Start of the navigation path Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable Next navigation step Business Transactions Next navigation step Public Sector Tax Assessment Next navigation step Form Processing Next navigation step Form Bundle Type Next navigation step Define TTF Versioning Time End of the navigation path. You can also create an event implementation for each snapshot type, which is based on the function module FMCA_SAMPLE_P354.

  • The archiving object FMCA_FB supports the archiving of TTF-based form bundles.

    Note Note

    Versioning and archiving of TTF-based form bundles is available as of SAP Enhancement Package 7 SP08 for SAP ERP 6.0.

    End of the note.

  • The following functions are not supported by TTF:

    • Use of long texts in ISR field definitions

    • Data types with an unrestricted length, such as the type STRING

    • Versioning of form instances

    • SAP Business Warehouse Extractors

      Caution Caution

      If you have activated this business function PSCD_TRM_TTF, you cannot use the program FMCAPFBI_GEN (Generate Extractor for ISR Form Data).

      End of the caution.

More Information

For more information about TTF, see the system documentation Activate Transparent Tables for Forms that is linked in the Customizing documentation for Define Forms.