topic Programmatic variant manipulation in Application Development and Automation Discussions https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/programmatic-variant-manipulation/m-p/8965478#M1695230 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Question: Programmatic variant manipulation</P><P></P><P>Program SAPF100</P><P>Phony logical database in attributes: D$S</P><P></P><P>The code changes the company entries in a variant monthly based on a ZTABLE.</P><P style="text-indent: -0.25in; padding-left: 45px;"><SPAN class="pasted-list-info">1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Pulling the contents of a variant using FM RS_VARIANT_CONTENTS</P><P style="text-indent: -0.25in; padding-left: 90px;"><SPAN class="pasted-list-info">a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Be careful and use M rather than W to prevent conversion exits.</P><P style="text-indent: -0.25in; padding-left: 45px;"><SPAN class="pasted-list-info">2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Deleting the BUKRS entries from TABLE VALUETAB.</P><P style="text-indent: -0.25in; padding-left: 45px;"><SPAN class="pasted-list-info">3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Adding new entries BUKRS entries to the TABLE VALUETAB.</P><P style="text-indent: -0.25in; padding-left: 45px;"><SPAN class="pasted-list-info">4)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Writing the variant back with new table using FM 'RS_CHANGE_CREATED_VARIANT'</P><P></P><P></P><P>Works well, except some of the variants have FREE selections.&nbsp; FM RS_VARIANT_CONTENTS doesn’t seem to pull them correctly, possible because of the weird logical database attached to the program.</P><P></P><P>I need the FREE selections to be written back to the variant, currently they are being lost.</P><P></P><P>Any help or suggestions are welcome.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 13 Sep 2012 20:50:50 GMT FelixOrtiz 2012-09-13T20:50:50Z Programmatic variant manipulation https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/programmatic-variant-manipulation/m-p/8965478#M1695230 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Question: Programmatic variant manipulation</P><P></P><P>Program SAPF100</P><P>Phony logical database in attributes: D$S</P><P></P><P>The code changes the company entries in a variant monthly based on a ZTABLE.</P><P style="text-indent: -0.25in; padding-left: 45px;"><SPAN class="pasted-list-info">1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Pulling the contents of a variant using FM RS_VARIANT_CONTENTS</P><P style="text-indent: -0.25in; padding-left: 90px;"><SPAN class="pasted-list-info">a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Be careful and use M rather than W to prevent conversion exits.</P><P style="text-indent: -0.25in; padding-left: 45px;"><SPAN class="pasted-list-info">2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Deleting the BUKRS entries from TABLE VALUETAB.</P><P style="text-indent: -0.25in; padding-left: 45px;"><SPAN class="pasted-list-info">3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Adding new entries BUKRS entries to the TABLE VALUETAB.</P><P style="text-indent: -0.25in; padding-left: 45px;"><SPAN class="pasted-list-info">4)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>Writing the variant back with new table using FM 'RS_CHANGE_CREATED_VARIANT'</P><P></P><P></P><P>Works well, except some of the variants have FREE selections.&nbsp; FM RS_VARIANT_CONTENTS doesn’t seem to pull them correctly, possible because of the weird logical database attached to the program.</P><P></P><P>I need the FREE selections to be written back to the variant, currently they are being lost.</P><P></P><P>Any help or suggestions are welcome.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 13 Sep 2012 20:50:50 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/programmatic-variant-manipulation/m-p/8965478#M1695230 FelixOrtiz 2012-09-13T20:50:50Z Re: Programmatic variant manipulation https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/programmatic-variant-manipulation/m-p/8965479#M1695231 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>No solution found.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:52:27 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/programmatic-variant-manipulation/m-p/8965479#M1695231 FelixOrtiz 2013-03-22T14:52:27Z