ByD Forms - how to get available data fields

[BEKOStan]

Dear Community,

a colleague of mine wants me to create a more modern layout for customer invoice. I know, that this has to be done via Adobe Livecycle Designer.

But we have some questions, which we cannot answer for ourself.

• Is there a possibility to see directly within ByD which data fields are available in e.g. customer invoice (lets say some kind ob object list). So lets assume he wants to mockup a fast template in Excel for me and so it would be nice, what is actually available to choose from.
• Is there some kind of query where one can get such data?
• Is there a connection between Datasources and/or Reports and the data in the forms?

I know that I can open an downloaded form as XDP in Livecycle Designer and can see data on the tab Data View, but this is quite a bunch of information - and also my colleague doesn't use this tool, so I will need to get him a simple file with useable information (available datafields per form).

I also know, that SAP Cloud Application Studio is also possible of generating forms, but I haven't worked with it and the main question is, which datafields are available per form.

Best regards

Andreas

[jasmin_schaad · Accepted solution]

Dear Andreas

I always use the XML structure of an output form for customizing the forms.

To be found in the document under output history.

I hope this helps.

best regards

Jasmin

[BEKOStan]

Hi jasmin.schaad ,

thank you for your answer, this is the way I also know but I don't think it is really convenient.

If I have to edit a Customer Invoice I also download an existing Invoice in XML format and then I have a look via XML Notepad.

I just thought there has to be some nicer way to see the used datafields, but OK I think I'm going to propose this approach to my colleague too. I'm looking forward to his reaction 😉

Best regards

Andreas

[jasmin_schaad]

Hi Andreas

I ask my colleagues/customers to create a sample invoice that contains all the information they need on the form.

So I know the values that are expected and can derive the appropriate fields.

I used the XML view without the tree, it is easier for me to read. You don't have to expand so much 😉

Best regards

Jasmin

[BEKOStan]

Hi jasmin.schaad ,

thanks again for your comment, I'm gonna propose this to my colleague later on in the meeting.

BR

Andreas

[BEKOStan]

Dear deena.karkampalli2 ,

thank you for your answer, I am aware of these two documents from reporting.

But to be honest, I still don't know how to get the connection from these 2 documents to the available fields of a specific form.

Or is our approach wrong?

best regards

Andreas

[deena_karkampalli2]

Dear Andreas,

The details of this KBA might interest you.

1830749 - ByD/ToD: Complete Data Sources and Characteristics Documentation

Thank you

Deena