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How To Create SmartForms in SAP

To create a SmartForm in SAP, follow these steps: 1. Enter transaction code "SMARTFORMS" and provide a name and description for the new form. 2. Create sections, text elements, and program lines to display internal table data and perform calculations. 3. Import graphics from the printer memory and add them to the form. 4. Activate the form to view it. SmartForms provide an alternative to SAP scripts for printing forms and can be used for CRM and modules like sales, accounting, and HR. They require less programming than scripts and have a graphical user interface.

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How To Create SmartForms in SAP

To create a SmartForm in SAP, follow these steps: 1. Enter transaction code "SMARTFORMS" and provide a name and description for the new form. 2. Create sections, text elements, and program lines to display internal table data and perform calculations. 3. Import graphics from the printer memory and add them to the form. 4. Activate the form to view it. SmartForms provide an alternative to SAP scripts for printing forms and can be used for CRM and modules like sales, accounting, and HR. They require less programming than scripts and have a graphical user interface.

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How to create SmartForms in SAP

Smartforms
The following training tutorials guides you how to create smart forms
step by step in SAP ABAP. SAP Smartforms are excellent alternatives
used to SAP Scripts and referred as mass printing as they are system
independent. They allow printing forms in Customer Relationship
Management as well as in the applications SAP Sales and
Distribution, SAP Financial accounting, and Human Resources.

Smart forms require less time to create and execute than SAP
scripts, and it does not require much programming language for
programmer as smart forms have a completely graphical user
interface to operate. It is integrated into HTML so it can be used
easily in internet applications.

You can maintain smart forms by using one of the following


navigation method.

Path: – SAP Menu ->> Tools ->> Form print out ->> Smart
forms
Transaction code: – SMARTFORMS

Step 1: – Enter transaction code “SMARTFORMS” in the sap


command field and enter.

Step 2: – On the initial screen, update name of a new form.


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Step 3: – In form attributes under global settings, Update the
description of smart form.

Step 4: – Select “Form interface” and update parameters names,


type assignment, associated type.
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Step 5: – Select global definitions and, write a program to calculate
the number of Customers. Give Input and output parameters.

Step 6: – In next step select create and select complex section from
context menu
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Step 7: – Update section and its description.

Select data and update details of internal table.


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Step 8: – Select the context menu and create a Text Element.

Update the names of the fields of internal table in the General


Attributes tab.
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Step 9: – From text element select menu and click on Program lines.

Update the program line under the general attribute.


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Step 10: – Repeat the same process,
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Choose the Data and specify the Loop internal tables as shown
below

Step 11: – On Header and Footer events, update the Height of the
Footer.
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Select the Header node and check the New Line checkbox.

Step 12: – select Create and click on Text as shown below.


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Step 13:- Under Footer Event select Create and then click on
Command.
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Select the “go to new page” option.

Update field name and comparison value.


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Step 14: – Enter transaction code “SE78” in SAP command field and
enter.

Select the graphics and update the name of graphics

On pop up window, select Resides in the Printer Memory and press


enter to continue.
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Thus the graphic has been successfully imported into the SAP
graphics management.

Step 15: – Select the %PAGE1 node. From the context menu click
Create and select Graphic.

Update graphic name Object, ID, Color attribute and Resolution.


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Now active the form, click on form and then select active (shift+f3)

Successfully Smartform has been created in SAP ABAP. Now you


can use the same process to create any number of SAP Smartforms.
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