Maintaining Variants

You can save your selection screen entries in a variant.

When you return to the initial screen you can call up the corresponding variants. If necessary, you can also change them. By doing this, you can avoid repeating criteria for the same reports in the initial screens.

You can also delete existing variants.

Saving Entries as Variants

1. Choose Start of the navigation path Goto Next navigation step Variant Save as variant End of the navigation path to save your entries as a newly created variant.

2. Choose Continue .

3. Enter a Variant name and a short description under Description for your variant.

4. Save your variant.

Getting Variants

1. Choose Start of the navigation path Goto Next navigation step Variant Get End of the navigation path to call up an existing variant.

A dialog box displays existing variants with their names and descriptions, in addition to their relevant selection screens.

2. Select the desired variant to leave the dialog box.

Displaying Variants

1. Choose Start of the navigation path Goto Next navigation step Variant Display End of the navigation path for an overview of existing variants for initial screens.

A dialog box displays existing variants with their names and descriptions, in addition to their relevant selection screens.

2. Select the variant to view the selection screen objects and the hidden selection criteria for the variant.

Deleting Variants

1. Choose Start of the navigation path Goto Next navigation step Variant Delete End of the navigation path to eliminate an existing variant.

2. Select the variant to be deleted and choose Select .

3. Specify in the dialog box whether you want to delete the variant in all clients or only in the current client.

4. Choose Continue to leave the dialog box.