Create multiple variants via RS_CREATE_VARIANT

szymon_glapiak — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 21:28:10 GMT

Hi team.

I'm trying to create multiple variants in single session via FM 'RS_CREATE_VARIANT' . I noticed that the variants created in that way can inherited part of parameters from previously created item. Below some example.

      ls_variant_content-kind = 'P'.
      ls_variant_content-selname = 'PARAM1'.
      ls_variant_content-low = abap_true.
      APPEND ls_variant_content TO lt_content.
      ls_variant_content-selname = 'PARAM2'.
      ls_variant_content-low = abap_true.
      APPEND ls_variant_content TO lt_content.
       CALL FUNCTION 'RS_CREATE_VARIANT'
         EXPORTING
           curr_report               =    'ZTEST'              " Report Name
           curr_variant              =    'TEST'              " Variant name
           vari_desc                 =   ls_description               " Variant description (structure VARID)
         TABLES
           vari_contents             =    lt_content              " Contents (STRUCTURE RSPARAMS)
           vari_text                 =    lt_text              " Variant text (structure VARIT)
      COMMIT WORK.
............
      REFRESH lt_content.
      ls_variant_content-kind = 'P'.
      ls_variant_content-selname = 'PARAM1'.
      ls_variant_content-low = abap_true.
      APPEND ls_variant_content TO lt_content.
       CALL FUNCTION 'RS_CREATE_VARIANT'
         EXPORTING
           curr_report               =    'ZTEST'              " Report Name
           curr_variant              =    'TEST1'              " Variant name
           vari_desc                 =   ls_description               " Variant description (structure VARID)
         TABLES
           vari_contents             =    lt_content              " Contents (STRUCTURE RSPARAMS)
           vari_text                 =    lt_text              " Variant text (structure VARIT)
   COMMIT WORK.

For the example above variant TEST1 has Param1 = X what is ok and also PARAM2 = X which I don't send to function. Do You know why and how I can avoid it (without to send PARAM2 = space )

Re: Create multiple variants via RS_CREATE_VARIANT

Sandra_Rossi — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 07:58:46 GMT

That's an internal limit (internally, the program ZTEST is loaded into the memory of the internal session, its parameter and select-option values are modified by RS_CREATE_VARIANT, and if you don't explicitly pass a value to a parameter/select-options it will keep the last one).

You must pass the values of all parameters and select-options. Add this, and you'll see that PARAM2 takes the value abap_false:

      ls_variant_content-selname = 'PARAM2'.
      ls_variant_content-low = abap_false.
      APPEND ls_variant_content TO lt_content.

NB: minimal reproducible example (program creates variants on itself):

REPORT ztesttest.
PARAMETERS param1 AS CHECKBOX.
PARAMETERS param2 AS CHECKBOX.
DATA ls_variant_content type rsparams.
DATA lt_content type table of rsparams.
DATA ls_description type varid.
DATA lt_text type table of varit.
      ls_variant_content-kind = 'P'.
      ls_variant_content-selname = 'PARAM1'.
      ls_variant_content-low = abap_true.
      APPEND ls_variant_content TO lt_content.
      ls_variant_content-selname = 'PARAM2'.
      ls_variant_content-low = abap_true.
      APPEND ls_variant_content TO lt_content.
ls_description = VALUE #(
    report     = sy-repid
    variant    = 'TEST'
    transport  = 'F'
    ENVIRONMNT = 'A' ).
lt_text = VALUE #( ( VALUE #( BASE CORRESPONDING #( ls_description )
                     langu = sy-langu
                     vtext = 'test' ) ) ).
       CALL FUNCTION 'RS_CREATE_VARIANT'
         EXPORTING
           curr_report               =   ls_description-report
           curr_variant              =   ls_description-variant
           vari_desc                 =   ls_description 
         TABLES
           vari_contents             =    lt_content  
           vari_text                 =    lt_text.    
      COMMIT WORK.
............
      REFRESH lt_content.
      ls_variant_content-kind = 'P'.
      ls_variant_content-selname = 'PARAM1'.
      ls_variant_content-low = abap_true.
      APPEND ls_variant_content TO lt_content.
      ls_variant_content-selname = 'PARAM2'.
      ls_variant_content-low = abap_false.
      APPEND ls_variant_content TO lt_content.
ls_description-variant = 'TEST1'.
lt_text = VALUE #( ( VALUE #( BASE CORRESPONDING #( ls_description )
                     langu = sy-langu
                     vtext = 'test' ) ) ).
       CALL FUNCTION 'RS_CREATE_VARIANT'
         EXPORTING
           curr_report               =   ls_description-report
           curr_variant              =   ls_description-variant
           vari_desc                 =   ls_description
         TABLES
           vari_contents             =    lt_content  
           vari_text                 =    lt_text.    
   COMMIT WORK.

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