SAP Forms service by Adobe and SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe.
This contains information about SAP Forms service by Adobe and SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe.
It also contains information about SAP's Maintenance Strategy for Adobe Forms On-Premise.
SAP Forms Service by Adobe and SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe
SAP Forms service by Adobe is the cloud solution for print forms and interactive forms. SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe (IFbA) is the on-premise solution for print forms and interactive forms.
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Price Estimation on-premise - to be prepared for the Cloud Migration
If you decide to switch from your existing on-premise SAP NetWeaver solution to the cloud service SAP Forms service by Adobe it might be interesting to know how much you are currently printing. Because the pricing model in the cloud differs from on-premise. The following blog post explains how to estimate your volumes:
Do you know how much you are printing?
SAP Forms by Adobe for SAP S/4HANA extended application service
As already announced in the Maintenance Strategy, the SAP NetWeaver Application Server Java 7.5 will go out of Mainstream Maintenance at the end of 2027 and out of Extended Maintenance at the end of 2030. After 2030 there will be no further updates. SAP HANA Extended Application Services, Advanced Model (XSA) will be the successor platform for Adobe Document Services. And the successor product is named SAP Forms by Adobe for SAP S/4HANA extended application service.
SAP plans to deliver this option Q1, 2027. Customers can decide to switch from the ADS on NetWeaver AS Java to SAP Forms service by Adobe or the ADS on XSA. This guarantees long-term support of Adobe-based forms functionality for S/4 HANA on-premise solutions.
FAQ: On-Premise successor solution for Adobe Document Services on SAP Netweaver
Interactive Forms
There are two scenarios which are relevant nowadays:
- Form Printing
- Offline Interactive Forms
The following blog post explains how to distinguish between Online-Interactive Forms and Offline-Interactive-Forms:
Sizing guide
This sizing guide is intended for SAP performance analysts and customers as a general guide to determining server size requirements for the Adobe document services component in their particular installations.
Printer tray selection
This document explains how to configure the printer tray selection.
Best practises for creating form templates
This document give detailed information about how to create form templates.
ADS hub and load balancing
This document explains the hub concept and contains advice about load balancing.