what does the significance of fields attributes in variants?

[Former Member]

hi all,

while creating variants

1. what does the significance of fields attributes

- required field

- switch gpa off

- save field without values

- selection variables

- hide field 'bis'

- hide field

- protect field

can anyone explain with an examples.

regds

hari

[Former Member]

Refer

[marcelo_ramos]

Hi,

On this screen, you can define the attributes for the variant. Make sure

that you enter a meaningful short text.

- Only for background processing

If you select this option, the variant can only be used in

background processing. You will not be able to start the program

with this variant in dialog mode.

- Protect variant

If you select this option, the variant can only be changed by the

person who created it or the last person to change it. If you start

a program using a protected variant, none of the fields on the

selection screen accept user input.

- Only display in catalog

If you select this option, the variant is not displayed in the input

help list; it is only displayed in the catalog.

- System variant

This option is set automatically, and cannot be changed. For details

of how to create and maintain system variables, refer to the

documentation for the initial variant maintenance screne.

The selection screen(s) you have chosen for the program are displayed

one after the other. Since a parameter or selection option can occur on

more than one screen, the attribute fields for that field only accept

input the first time it occurs.

- Type

The field type indicates whether the field is a parameter (P) or a

selection option (S).

- Protected

If you select this option, the user cannot overwrite the value in

the field on the selection screen.

- Invisible

If you select this option, the corresponding field is not displayed

when the user starts the program using this variant. However, you

can still assign a value to the field in the variant.

- Selection variable

If you select this field, the field on the selection screen is

assigned a value from a variant variable.

To select variant variables, choose SELECTION VARIABLES.

- Without values

If you select this field, the value of the corresponding field on

the selection screen is not affected when you start the program

using a variant.

Example:

A program has selection screens 1000 and 200. Both screens contain a

select-option SELOP. When the program is started, selection screen 1000

is used. Selection screen 200 has a variant in which SELOP has the value

'val'. When the program runs, the user enters 'xxx' in SELOP on

selection screen 1000. Then, selection screen 200 is called with its

variant.

- 1st case: The 'without values' option is not set in the variant for

SELOP:

When the variant for selection screen 200 is loaded, SELOP has the

value 'val', as defined in the variant.

- 2nd case: The 'without values' option is set in the variant for

SELOP:

When the variant for selection screen 200 is loaded, SELOP retains

the value 'xxx' that it had before the selection screen was called.

- SPA/GPA

This option is selected by default, that is, the fields are filled

using SPA/GPA parameters.

Note: Suppose you have a selection field MEMO with the memory ID pid. In

the variant, you store the initial value (space) for the field. If you

then start the program using the variant, MEMO will contain the last

value entered by the user in a field with the memory ID pid. If you do

not want this to happen, but want the value of MEMO always to be intial

when you run the program, you m,ust deselect the SPA/GPA option in the

variant. SPA/GPA is not active in background processing.

Regards.

Marcelo Ramos

[ferry_lianto]

Hi,

Please check this document.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/c0/98038ce58611d194cc00a0c94260a5/content.htm

Regards,

Ferry Lianto