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Configuring an XSL Template

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to configure an XSL template in SAP Fieldglass.

XSL Template

SAP Fieldglass has standard PDF files for various pages that may need to be printed. Often, though, a customer needs to retrieve that data in a specific PDF format.

XSL Templates are used to generate custom PDF documents and contracts. The template determines the data to be included on the invoices and contracts as well as the formatting of the file.

XSL, which stands for Extensible Stylesheet Language, is a language for expressing style sheets. An XSL style sheet is a file that describes how to display an XML document of a given type. It gives us the opportunity to change formatting and data into custom parameters.

image illustrating how XSL data drives the formatting of an invoice

Navigating the XSL Template Admin Object

screenshot of Configuration section of the Admin Menu, the XSL Templates link is highlighted

1	To view a list of XSL templates associated to the tenant, select XSL Template from the Configuration section of the admin menu.

XSL Template List Page

Buyers can upload multiple templates if sites have different formatting requirements. Suppliers can also upload XSL templates that can be used to generate contracts when a buyer-side template does not exist.

2	The XSL Baseline Templates section contains the standard formatting and SAP Fieldglass native fields. You can download and customize a baseline template, and then upload your new customized template.
3	Type indicates what the generated document is of. The four available options are Work Order, Invoice, Time Sheet, and SOW Print.
4	To view the details of an XSL template, select the appropriate link in the XSL Template column.

XSL Template Details Page

The details that appear depend upon the type of XSL Template. As illustrated here, an invoice type allows the document to be generated after a certain event. If this were a template for an activity item, you would see whether the document is for a work order or SOW request.

5	XSL Template indicates the specific template used can be downloaded for review. If changes to the template were to be made, you would select edit to delete the existing template and replace it with a new one.
6	The Language, Time Zone/Date/Time/Number Format selections ensure that these details are represented correctly on the generated document.
7	The PDF Generation Behavior option appears when the Invoice type is selected. If Create Time is indicated, the document is generated after the final invoice approval. If Real Time is indicated, the document is generated when the invoice is printed via the print icon.
8	If you’ve created and uploaded an XSL template, you can preview it using an actual transaction from your tenant by selecting the dropdown menu, finding the ID of the document you wish to see in the Document ID field dropdown menu, and selecting the PDF Preview button.

Configure an XSL Template

WorkingNet has some instances where a PDF of a worker time sheet must be provided, with a hard copy and a wet signature from the manager who approved them. In order for these documents to be compliant for internal auditing, they need to make changes to the standard PDF printout that comes out of SAP Fieldglass.

In order to support this, you, as WorkingNet’s SAP Fieldglass administrator, will make slight amendments to the standard XSL Template for time sheets.

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