3695447 - How to Add a Custom Field in an ALD (Adobe LiveCycle Designer) Form

This document helps us to add a new custom field to a form template (e.g., Customer Invoice, Purchase Order, Delivery Note, etc.) using Adobe LiveCycle Designer (ALD).

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• SAP Business ByDesign
• SAP Cloud for Customer

Steps to Add a Field in an ALD Form

Step 1: Identify the Target Form Template (Example: Purchase Order).

1. Go to Application and User Management work center.
2. Open the Form Template Maintenance view.
3. Search for the required form template (e.g., Purchase Order).
4. Select Download.
5. Extract the downloaded file to a local folder.

Step 2: Open the Template in Adobe LiveCycle Designer.

• Open Adobe LiveCycle Designer.

• Choose open and select the .xdp file extracted earlier.

• Select the location where the new field needs to be added (e.g., under the signature section).

• Go to Insert and choose the required field type (e.g., Floating Field).

• Select the field and navigate to the Binding tab to assign the appropriate binding.

Step 3: Determine the Correct Data Binding.

1. Open the XML file associated with the form template and locate the required value (Example: Phone Number).
2. Identify the field’s hierarchy structure. For example:

PurchaseOrder → BuyerParty → FormAddress → FormattedConventionalPhoneNumberDescription

• Construct the binding path accordingly:

$. PurchaseOrder.BuyerParty. FormAddress.FormattedConventionalPhoneNumberDescription

• Enter this value in the Data Binding field of the newly inserted form element.

Step 4: Preview the Form.

1. 1. Select Preview PDF within ALD.
   2. Verify that the field appears correctly, and the binding works as expected.

If required fields can be checked as Standard or Custom Fields using Data View:

1. Go to Menu.
2. Select Window and choose Data View.
3. Find the Field.
4. Expand the Data Connection.

In the data connections, fields can be verified where it's a standard or Customer fields.

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