Checking and Updating Form Layouts 

Use

If you used the integrated tool Adobe LiveCycle Designer to design the layout of forms, you can use the report FP_CHK_REPORT to check the forms and update them if necessary.

The check function does not perform any changes; the update function, on the other hand, corrects the forms by adding scripting (if necessary).

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

You can determine the scope of the check or update by selecting appropriate objects from the following object groups.

Object Group	Objects (Description)
PERF	You can use the object PERF-001 to check a form for certain elements in the layout that may hinder performance when the form is generated. This object only checks the form and does not update it.
ZCI	You can use these objects to migrate forms for Zero Client Installation (ZCI). We recommend that you use the transaction SFP_ZCI_UPDATE. This transaction calls this report with the required objects. More information: Form Checks and Updates for ZCI (Zero Client Installation)

The function records the results in a log. Here you can see details of the check results and the scope of any updates. The system also shows you a list of inactive forms that cannot be used with this function (if available).

You cannot run this report as a background job.

The link to Change and Transport System guarantees that updated forms are transported further in your landscape.

Prerequisites

●      To be able to use the update function, you require a role that is assigned to authorization object S_FP_CHK.

More information: 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.

Procedure

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       1.      In the SAP system, call transaction SA38 and run report FP_CHK_REPORT.

       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 functions to forms developed in the current system (or to forms for which the current system is specified as the source system), set the Current syst. is source syst. flag in the Further Settings group box.

       6.      Choose Execute (F8).

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

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

If no objects are available, the system displays a message indicating this.

If you want to migrate forms for ZCI, read SAP Note 956074 before you select an update object.

       8.      If the forms are assigned to a package, specify the transport request for each transport layer.

This prompt does not appear for forms or packages created as local objects.

       9.      The system performs the check or update and issues a log. This can take some time, depending on the number of forms selected.

These logs are saved in the application log, where you can display and analyze them later.