3425894 - Extension Field Appears as Blank in Document PDF

You have created an extension field (either via KUT or SDK) and extended the same for a form template.

However when previewing the form template PDF for a document, the extension field value does not appear, showing instead a blank space.

SAP Business ByDesign

The binding of the field is incorrect, hence it is not being correctly displayed in the final PDF

For most transactional documents in Business ByDesign, you can check the XML file which is used when generating the PDF. In this XML file you can search for the required field, and follow the XML path in Adobe LiveCycle Designer to bind it correctly in your form.

In order to check the mentioned XML, you can follow the below steps (in this case we will take as an example the Purchase Order document):

1. Go to the Purchase Orders and Requests work center.
2. Enter the Purchase Orders view.
3. Open the desired purchase order.
4. Click on the View All button.
5. Navigate to the Output History tab.

Here, if the document was already sent, you will be able to click on the "View XML Data" button to see the data that was passed to the form template, and adjust the binding accordingly.

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