Variants 

Definition

A variant is a saved set of selection criteria for a query or the report generated by the query. If you specify a variant when starting a query, the system uses the values in the variant for the query selection criteria.

You enter variants on the selection screen and save them under any name. For each query, you can create any number of variants. To create a variant, select Goto → Maintain variants.

With queries from the global query area you can create system variants. For further information, see Query Areas.

For more information about variants, please refer to the appropriate sections in the ABAP User Manual or to the online documentation Getting Started with the SAP System.