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You integrate SAP Document Builder with SAP or non SAP components. For example, you create business documents in a procurement system and store them in an electronic data storage system.

Currently, SAP Document Builder integration is provided with SAP PPS for the contract, RFx, and purchase order business objects. If you want to integrate SAP Document Builder with other components or if you want to support other business objects such as shopping carts, you must set up the integration yourself. The following graphic illustrates a typical procurement document process flow:



Process Flow

  1. A contract, purchase order, or RFx is created in SAP PPS. The document contains header and line item information. Additional information is provided in SAP Document Builder in the form of dialog data, element fill-in data, or element Customizing.

  2. A Web service or RFC calls SAP Document Builder.

  3. The business data flow into a configured variable tree reflecting the structure of the business document you want to build and contain business content. Each element is assigned to a rule. Rule evaluation determines whether an element is included in the final document and is based on the data passed to SAP Document Builder, as well as on the data supplied by the user during the dialog process. Elements are included in an element list, which you manage and have fill-ins.

  4. The element list can be assembled in PDF, WordML, or DOCX.

  5. The final document is returned to the sending application via Web services. You can save it to your local PC or server, print it, or store in a records management system.