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How to Create Custom Print Forms in SAP Master Data Governance for Material?
Create a custom MDG-M print form by copying the SAP-delivered Adobe form (for example, MDG_BS_MAT_PDF_04), customizing the copy in SFP / Adobe LiveCycle Designer, and assigning it in the UI Modeling print-form customizing. Use the standard interface MDG_BS_MAT_PDF and IS_DATA of type MDG_BS_MAT_S_MAT_PDF unless your extension needs additional parameters or custom entities.
Create a custom MDG-M print form by copying the SAP-delivered Adobe form (for example, MDG_BS_MAT_PDF_04), customizing the copy in SFP / Adobe LiveCycle Designer, and assigning it in the UI Modeling print-form customizing. Use the standard interface MDG_BS_MAT_PDF and IS_DATA of type MDG_BS_MAT_S_MAT_PDF unless your extension needs additional parameters or custom entities.
SAP MDG for Material prints via the Adobe form stack, so the recommended approach is to copy the delivered form MDG_BS_MAT_PDF_04, make the layout changes in the copy, and then assign that copy in the UI Modeling customizing for single-processing print forms. If your required data is already available through IS_DATA of type MDG_BS_MAT_S_MAT_PDF, you usually do not need a new interface; only deeper enhancements to the existing structure or custom entities change that decision.
Process flow
- Install Adobe LiveCycle Designer locally before editing the form.
- Review SAP Note 1522483 if you need installation guidance.
- Open the delivered SAP form in SFP.
- Use MDG_BS_MAT_PDF_04 or the relevant later delivered form as the source.
- Copy the SAP-delivered form to a customer-specific form.
- Do not modify the SAP-delivered form directly.
- Check whether the standard interface MDG_BS_MAT_PDF already provides the needed data.
- Use IS_DATA of type MDG_BS_MAT_S_MAT_PDF when deep enhancement is sufficient. If more data is needed, copy the interface too if needed for additional parameters or custom entities.
Master Data Governance → General Settings → UI Modeling → Define Print Forms for Single Processing
Open the Adobe form maintenance, copy the delivered form, and assign the customer-specific print form for MDG-M single processing.
Form interface maintenance in SFP for interface MDG_BS_MAT_PDF
Copy and activate the form interface only if the standard data contract is insufficient.
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- Why do we create custom print forms in SAP MDG Material?
- What is the purpose of a custom MDG-M print form?
- Can the MDG Material print layout be customized?
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- Which tool is used to design MDG Material print forms?
- Does MDG-M use Adobe LiveCycle Designer?
- How are PDF print forms designed in SAP MDG?
- What is required before editing an MDG print form?
- How do I install Adobe LiveCycle Designer?
- Which SAP Note describes LiveCycle Designer installation?
- What components are involved in printing material data in MDG?