Copying or Moving Output Variants (SAP Library

Copying or Moving Output Variants

Prerequisites

You have:

Display authorization for the output variant group that contains the output variant you want to copy

Change authorization for the output variant group that contains the output variant you want to move

Note

The EMPTY group contains the output variants that you specified in Customizing. You cannot move these output variants to other groups, but only copy them.

You have change authorization for the output variant group in which you want to insert the copied or moved output variant.

You have run a specification search or loaded a set of hits in the specification information system and are located on the hit list screen (see Accessing the Specification Information System).

Procedure

Choose

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The Edit Output Variant: Group Overview dialog box appears.

Position the cursor on the required output variant and choose:

if you want to copy the output variant
if you want to move the output variant

Position the cursor on one of the following:

If you want to insert the copied or moved output variant at a specific position within a group, position the cursor on the output variant after the required position in the group.
If you want to insert the copied or moved output variant as the last output variant in the group or if the group does not yet contain any output variants, position the cursor on the key for the group.

Choose and save.

Result

The output variant is inserted in the group at the appropriate position.

Note

A group can only accept a certain number of output variants. You specify this maximum number in Customizing for Product Safety. When the maximum number is reached, you must first delete an output variant from the group before you can insert a new output variant in the group.