Variants can be used when you need to run a Report (Any ABAP Executable program) with different selection criterion. For example if you have a report that needs to be run for Western Region/Easter Region or for different company codes/ Sales Areas. It becomes tedious to enter the selection criterion again and again. Also some reports need to be run in the background. You can schedule to run the report in the back ground with a variant.
To create a variant please follow the steps given below.
Run Transaction SE38
Enter the Report Name
Run the Report once the selection screen is displayed click on save.
Click on Save
Enter the Variant name and a short description.
You can create multiple variants for a single report. Once the variants are created you can then choose the variant that you wish to run and then run the report.
Please see the figure below.
Click on the Variant button
Choose the Variant
