Selection Variants 

Type (Behavior at Upgrade, Transport)

Customizing

Description of Function

Whenever you start a program for which selection screens are defined, the system prompts you with input fields for database-specific and report-specific selections. If you only want to work with a specific dataset, its corresponding values must be entered here.

If you often use the same program with identical selections, for example, a program for generating monthly sales statistics, this process of repeatedly entering the same selection criteria can become quite tedious. In this case, it is helpful to bundle your selection criteria together into a selection variant.

Selection variants allow you to set default values for selection criteria. The input status of fields can be changed and fields can also be hidden.

Restrictions

May only be used with selection screens

Range (Validity)

Selection variants can be client-dependent or cross-client

Access in the System

Accessed from a report’s selection screen by choosing System ® Services ® Reporting (SA38)

Further Information

Further information on creating selection variants can be found in the section Maintaining Variants in the online documentation under BC - Basis Components ® ABAP Workbench: Tools.