Hierarchy
SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component⤷
BC-CCM-BTC (Application Component) Background Processing⤷
SBTI (Package) User Interface and Job-API of Background Processing
Basic Data
| Data Element | VAR |
| Short Description | Variant indicator |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | Direct Type Entry | |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | ||
| Data Type | CHAR | Character String |
| Length | 1 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 1 | |
| Value Table |
Further Characteristics
| Search Help: Name | ||
| Search Help: Parameters | ||
| Parameter ID | ||
| Default Component name | ||
| Change document | ||
| No Input History | ||
| Basic direction is set to LTR | ||
| No BIDI Filtering |
Field Label
| Length | Field Label | |
| Short | 10 | Var.Indic. |
| Medium | 15 | Var. indic. |
| Long | 20 | Variant indicator |
| Heading | 20 | Variant indicator |
Supplementary Documentation - VARGA 0001
Germany only.
Supplementary Documentation - VARIA 0001
Use
If you simply specify the variant here without making an entry in the Daily work schedule field, the system automatically refers to the daily work schedule that is valid according to the work schedule.
Supplementary Documentation - VARIA 0002
Use
Enter an alphanumeric value.
Note:
A selection rule is assigned only to the daily work schedule variant BLANK.
Procedure
Examples
Dependencies
Supplementary Documentation - VARIA 0003
Use
If you do not make an entry here, the standard variant of the daily work schedule is used for the availability.
Procedure
Examples
Dependencies
Supplementary Documentation - VARIANT_T 0000
You can enter the name of a variant for the time statement in this field.
You can define the form description in the variant. The variant also sets the parameters that are divided by a blank line in the lower section of the selection screen.
To define a display variant, access the time statement and define a variant.
Supplementary Documentation - VAROBJECT10001
Use
Work list name
Procedure
Choose between the following:
- Enter the name of the work list that you would like to edit.
- Enter an asterisk (*) to generate a list of all the work lists that you have defined. You can then use the cursor to select a work list from the list for editing.
Examples
Dependencies
Supplementary Documentation - VAROBJECT10022
Use
k
Procedure
Examples
Dependencies
Supplementary Documentation - VAROBJECT20001
Use
Setting to edit or display documents.
The document class indicates what kind of object is involved.
Wnen you create a document, many document classes provide a standard heading that clearly describes the object in question.
Procedure
Select the desired document class using the F4 help.
Examples
Dependencies
You can always only edit individual objects or a list of objects that belong to the selected class.
If you wish to edit different document classes, select the function Work list. With this function you can create a list of all documents belonging to a package. The list contains all document types and can then be used as a basis for editing.
Supplementary Documentation - VAROBJECT20002
Use
Document name.
Procedure
If you wish to edit a single document, enter the complete name and then select the required editing function.
If you wish to work with a Selection list, enter a name using an asterisk on the right (*) and then select the appropriate editing function.
You are first presented with a window where you can choose editing statuses as selection criteria.
You obtain a list of all documents that are found. With the function Choose you can select individual documents from the list for editing.
Examples
Dependencies
If it is an object that documents a Workbench object, the document has the same name as the object.
For independent documents (e.g. general texts, chapters of an online manual etc.) you are free to allocate any name within the customer name range.
When you generate a selection list for a data element supplement, you may not use a supplementary number. In this case, only enter the the name of the data element generically.
Supplementary Documentation - VAROBJECT30001
Use
Document name.
Procedure
If you wish to edit a single document, enter the complete name and then select the required editing function.
If you wish to work with a Selection list, enter a name using an asterisk on the right (*) and then select the appropriate editing function.
You are first presented with a window where you can choose editing statuses as selection criteria.
You obtain a list of all documents that are found. With the function Choose you can select individual documents from the list for editing.
Examples
Dependencies
If it is an object that documents a Workbench object, the document has the same name as the object.
For independent documents (e.g. general texts, chapters of an online manual etc.) you are free to allocate any name within the customer name range.
oUse
Name of the document.
Procedure
If you want to process a single document, enter the complete name, and choose the appropriate processing function.
If you want to work with a selection list, enter a name with an asterisk (*) at the end, and choose the appropriate processing function.
A window appears, in which you can choose the processing status as a selection criterion.
A list of all documents found is displayed, and you can Choose individual documents for processing.
Examples
Dependencies
Documents which document Workbench objects have the same name as the object.
For independent documents (e.g. general texts, chapters of an online book, etc.) the name can be chosen freely in the customer name range.
Supplementary Documentation - VARPR 0001
Use
Reserved for Austrian Public Sector.
Dependencies
Example
Supplementary Documentation - VARPR 0002
Use
Refinement of the criteria for reassignment to wage levels can be made either globally using the feature PRVAR or individually for each employee in the Basic Pay infotype.
Dependencies
For the entry in the Basic Pay infotype, the validity of the values for the variable argument depends on the pay scale group selected.
Supplementary Documentation - VARTEXT 0001
Use
Settings for editing or displaying documents.
The documentation type distinguishes beteween end user and development documentation. However in this maintenance transaction you can only work on documents of the "end user" type. Development documentation is edited in the relevant maintenance transaction of the Workbench object.
A distinction is also made between SAP and customer documentation.
Procedure
Use the F4 help key to specify whether you want to edit your own (customer) or SAP documentation.
Examples
Dependencies
Supplementary Documentation - VARTEXT 0002
Use
Save version (raw/final)
Supplementary Documentation - VARTEXT_S 0000
Use
Document type (customer/SAP)
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 20010130 |
| SAP Release Created in |
