Part 1: basic HCM Process and Forms scenario

[Former Member]

This is part 1: development of forms using Adobe Interactive Forms - Specifically for HCM Process and Forms.  Over the past couple of years, I had the opportunity to work with probably one of the leading experts in this area (Chris Solomon) and he shared so much information with me.  Since he's no longer on my project (he's probably skate boarding somewhere), I thought I'd better start documenting some of the tips and tricks of what he taught me.  I'm hoping these will also help others too.  Again, this is a very basic example, but if you are new to this development, remember "Baby Steps".

Call Up Transaction: HRASR_DT and select Form Scenario from the drop down:

Enter ZFS6 (some form scenario name of your choosing) for the Form Scenario name and hit enter:

You will be prompted to create the object.  Select “Yes” and supply the ISR Scenario and Form name:

Select the Green Check button and you will be prompted to create the form and interface:

Select “Yes” and supply the package name and transport number you wish to assign to.

Now click on Fields to see which fields have automatically been added from the PA Framework:

These are the basic PA fields which get added to all PA Process and Form scenarios. 

We will add one more field so it is available to our form process.  Add the following Field:

Field Name:  ENAME

Name:  Employee Name

Data Binding:  EMNAM

We now need to add this field to our Back-End Service SAP_PA.  Double Click on Back-End Services -> SAP_PA -> Fields:

Add the following Field information and hit enter:

Field Name:  ENAME

Name:  Employee Name

InfoType:  0001

ScreenStruct:  HCMT_BSP_PA_US_R0001

Field Name:  ENAME

We want to default in the employee’s name into the ENAME field.  To do this, double click the column “Default” on the ENAME row.  The following popup
displays:

Select the SAP_PA row and select “CUR” – Value for effective ("CURrent") date:

Selecting the “CUR” option tells the SAP System to read the selected employee’s current infotype 0001 record and display the value stored in ENAME.

Now let’s create an Adobe form which we can use to display the ENAME value we have defined.

Double Click “Form” and you will see our form name and status:

Select the “Change” icon (Pencil) next to our form name. This will launch the Adobe LifeCycle Designer.  The first thing we need to do is select the “Context” tab and map our field ENAME from the Interface to the Form:

Drag ENAME and drop onto our form name Z_ISR_FORM_ZFS6.  Result:

Now switch back to the layout tab so you are in the designer mode.  The first thing you should do: from the Utilities menu, choose Insert Web Dynpro Script:

This will include a file into your project (ContainerFoundation_JS) which includes lots of JavaScript used by the Processes and Forms framework.

From the Object Library Palette, drag an “ISR Text Display” onto your form.  The “ISR Text Display” object can be found in the ISR Native Controls section:

We now have this object on our form:

Double Click the text to change it to something appropriate:

Now from the Data View tab, we need to find the ENAME data element and drag it (BIND) onto the “ISR Text Display” object we just created.

Locate ENAME in the Data View Tab:

Drag the lowest element “FIELD” from ENAME and drop it onto your “ISR Text Display” object.  To verify that binding is correct, you can select your display object and look at the binding properties:

This completes our very basic form. Save and activate. You should be prompted to activate both the form and the interface:

Exit the form and you will be returned back to the configuration of your form Scenario.  You will now notice that your Form Status displays active:

So far we have created a Form Scenario and a Form. Now we need to create a process. Open Design Time for Processes and Forms - Transaction: HRASR_DT.  Select Process and enter ZPR6.  Press enter and you will be prompted to create it. It will then ask for you form scenario ZFS6:

In the object hierarchy, double click the workflow node.  Enter NO_WORKFLOW since we are not using WF at this time – that will come later.  Press enter and save your changes:

Now is a good time to test.  You can either logon to the portal and select your process or launch directly using:

http://yourserver.com/sap/bc/webdynpro/sap/asr_process_execute?sap-client=<yourclient #>&sap-language=EN

Result:

Search for an employee:

Choose Select Process and you will see your process in the list:

Select your process and choose “Edit”.  The form will load and ENAME will be displayed: