Maintaining Generation Variants (SAP Library

Maintaining Generation Variants

Purpose

Substance report generation variant links report templates to a leading validity area and to one or more substance characteristic ratings (see: Usage).

A report can also contain sections for which you have defined discrete validity areas and a language (for instance, multi-language hazard labels). You allocate discrete validity areas and the relevant languages in the substance report generation variant.

Process flow

You can carry out the following activities in the initial generation variant maintenance screens:

You can enter different search criteria, and start drill-down reporting for the required generation variants. If the required generation variant does not exist in the R/3 System, you can create it.
You can create a generation variant immediately.

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Procedure

Generation Variant

Searching for Generation Variants

Creating Generation Variants

The results of the search are displayed in the hit list. In the hit list, you then process the generation variants, and create new ones.

			Procedure
			Processing the Generation Variant Hit List

When creating a generation variant on the initial screen or from the hit list, you first enter the data for the generation variant header. You thereby allocate a report template and a leading validity area to the generation variant.

	More information		Procedure
	Generation Variant Indicator		Processing the Generation Variant Header

You maintain the description for the generation variant in different languages using the Label function.

			Procedure
			Assigning Labels to Generation Variants

You specify the following definitions for the generation variant:

In the rating, you define the target group for the report template.
The leading (global) validity area is maintained when a generation variant is created.

If you want to define specific areas on a report in particular languages, you must enter further discrete validity areas together with the respective language. You use repetition groups of type G to define the access to discrete validity-language combinations on the report template.

	More information		Procedure
	Repeating Groups		Processing Ratings and Validity Areas for Generation Variants

Result

After you have allocated a report template to a generation variant, you can generate and print test reports for viewing purposes.

If the report template is released, you can create reports and, using the report management functions, release them for shipping.