Type (Behavior at Upgrade, Transport)

Modification

Description of Function

Variant groups are an extension of standard variants. Variant groups are used when standard variants are not sufficient. For example, when:

●      Different users or user groups are to work with different variants

●      Some users are to execute a transaction with different variants

Restrictions

●      Only one group can be active at any one time. It is not possible to work with different variant groups in different sessions. You need to restart applications after changing group.

●      Due to the naming convention (<name of the variant group><name of the transaction code>), it is not possible to use the same variant for different transactions. You can, however, assign the same screen variants to different transaction variants.

●      Otherwise, the same restrictions as for other transaction variants apply.

Range (Validity)

System

Access in the System

To create and maintain variant groups:

Transaction SHD0 →  Standard Variants tab page → Variant Groups sub tab page

To switch between variant groups:

SDH_SWITCH

Additional Information

Creating and Maintaining Variant Groups.