1. Interactive Forms
Review
At SAP Community Day 2008
Juergen Hauser
Blair Powell
Adobe Systems Inc.
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2. Agenda
Adobe-SAP Partnership
Form Scenarios
Identifying Business Processes for Forms Usage
“Lead Processing” Example in CRM
Run-time Architecture
Adobe LiveCycle Designer 8.1 Demo
SAP’s Forms Strategy
SAP’S Roadmap for Interactive Forms
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3. SAP and Adobe - Strategic partnership since 2002
Making user experiences with SAP software easy and engaging - everywhere
PDF forms
Integrated as “Document Service” in SAP NetWeaver
Available in SAP ERP and CRM as print and interactive forms
Interactive forms enabling new, forms-based engagement model
for SAP users
Enterprise learning
Acrobat Connect Professional integrated in SAP Enterprise
Learning and available standalone
Enabling virtual classrooms and meeting rooms for SAP users
Rich Internet Applications
Components of Adobe Flex integrated in SAP Visual Composer
Enables easy creation of engaging Flash dashboards for SAP
Analytics
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4. Forms Scenarios
SAP NetWeaver Application Server
Online Interactive Form Scenario
SAP system access needed
Full integration into Web Dynpro for Browser with
Java and ABAP frameworks Adobe Reader plug-in
Context-sensitive value help, online checks
Offline Interactive Form Scenario Down- /
Upload
No SAP system access needed
Static value help, static checking,
simple arithmetic calculations E-mail /
Adobe Reader HTTP
Self-contained PDF (XML data+layout) offline
Form Printing Scenario
’Classic’ form processing,
not interactive
Archive
Output documents are printed,
e-mailed, archived or faxed Print
E-mail
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5. Identifying Business Processes for Interactive Forms Usage
Business Processes that have the following requirements are good
candidates for adoption of SAP Interactive Forms
Offline forms interaction with business users
Simple UI for interaction with occasional SAP users
Flexible forms-based UI which can be easily customized
Communicate/collaborate with external parties (quot;external communityquot;)
Form layout to match the exact print layout (“well known forms”)
Approval processes before data is stored in the backend
Transformation of paper-based processes into electronic processes
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6. Lead Processing with Interactive Forms — Process Flow
Brand Owner (SAP CRM)
Brand Owner (SAP CRM)
Lead 4711 Email:
Sales Partner: “Lead 4711”
ED Systems
Internet
Internet
Channel Partner (Email Client + Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Channel Partner (Email Client + Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Email:
“Lead 4711”
(updated)
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7. Run-Time Architecture
SAP NetWeaver Application Server
J2EE Stack ABAP Stack
Application Code (Java) Application Code (ABAP)
PDF Object (Java) PDF Object (ABAP)
Web Services Web Services
SOAP*
Web Services SOAP
Document Service
EJB*
Adobe Document Services
Core Components
*SOAP = Simple Object Access Protocol, EJB = Enterprise Java Bean
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8. Adobe LiveCycle Designer 8.1 Demo
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9. Interactive Forms at Sap TechEd 2008
COMP300, Best Practices for Designing Forms with SAP Interactive Forms by
Adobe, Lecture (1 hour)
LCM262, Creating PDF-Based Print Forms with SAP Interactive Forms by
Adobe, Hands-on (2 hours)
COMP265, Creating a Real-Life Application with SAP Interactive Forms by
Adobe and Web Dynpro for Java, Hands-on (2 hours)
SIM266, Security Aspects in SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe, Hands-on (2
hours)
UP266, Bring Your Existing Business Workflows into a New Dimension by
Utilizing SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe, Hands-on (2 hours)
UP361, Adding Dynamic Features to Your SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe,
Hands-on (2 hours)
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