Exporting and Importing Report Group Variants 

You can use the Transport variants function to transport report group selection variants between different systems. A selection variant is a group of selection criteria values that have been saved for a report group when the report group was executed.

To transport variants, you first export them to a local file and then import them from the local file into the target system.

Procedure

  1. On the Execute Report Group: Initial Screen, choose Utilities ® Variant maintenance ® Transport variants.

    2. The Export/Import Report Group Variants screen appears.

  2. Enter data as required.

    3. The report group(s) and/or library(ies) that you enter determine which variants are exported or imported.

    If you enter both several report groups and libraries, the system selects only those report groups that use the specified libraries.

  3. Choose whether you want to export the variants to a local file or import the variants from a local file.
  4. Enter the export or import file name.

    5. If the export file does not exist, the system creates it; if the file already exists, the system overwrites the existing file without warning.

    For a Windows operating system, the file name consists of a drive, path, and a name, such as C:\TEMP\VARIANTS.

  5. Choose Program ® Execute.

Result

The variants in the current client are exported to or imported from the file you specified in the Local export/import file field. The system displays a message informing you that the export/import has been successfully completed and lists the variants that have been exported to or imported from the local file.

During import, the system only imports variants for existing report groups.