C-LANG Statements › VARIANT Statement—Specify Variant Name

VARIANT Statement—Specify Variant Name

The VARIANT statement specifies the name of the variant. It is mandatory if the ABAP program requires it.

Supported Job Types

This statement is optional for the following job types:

• SAP Batch Input Session
• SAP R/3

Syntax

This statement has the following format:

VARIANT variant

variant

Specifies the name of the variant. The value corresponds to the SAPGUI ABAP program Variant field on the Create Step dialog.

Limits: Up to 14 valid SAP characters; case-sensitive

Notes:

• Enclose values that contain delimiters (such as spaces) in double quotation marks.
• Use the VARIANT statement before the first ABAPNAME statement to set the default value for subsequent steps.
• Use the VARIANT statement within the boundaries of the step definition (between two ABAPNAME statements or between an ABAPNAME statement and the end of the job definition) to define the value for that step.

Example: Specify the Variant Name

This example specifies the variant named TEST for the BTCTEST ABAP:

SAPJOBNAME SAPTEST
AGENT SAPHTAGENT
STARTMODE I
ABAPNAME BTCTEST
   STEPUSER user14
   VARIANT TEST
   SUCCESSMSG 'Program Selections'