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TransactionVariantAStepbyStepGuideforCreation
AddedbyGuest,lasteditedbyLeonardoSchmidtonAug18,2011
Author:AshimChowdhury
Submitted:April30,2008
RelatedLinks:
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Summary
TransactionvariantisaveryefficientmethodtocreatesometailoredversionofstandardSAPtransactionwithoutanyactualmodification.Thisarticleexplainsinastepwisemannerhowtodothat.The
transactionchosenisCO01CreateProductionorder.

Introduction
TransactionvariantsarecreatedtopersonalizeanystandardSAPtransaction.Atransactionvariantsimplifiestheusageofatransactionbytailoringsomeofthefeaturesasperthebusinessneed.Itcan
beusedtohidefields,menufunctions,screens,tosupplyindividualfieldswithdefaultvaluesortochangethereadyforinputstatusofoneormorefields.
ThisdocumentdescribesthestepbystepprocesstocreateatransactionvariantforstandardSAPtransactionCO01createproductionorder.Thetransactionvariantshouldhavethefollowingrestriction:
Ordertypeisnotvisibleintheinitialscreen.
MenupathOrder>CreatefromPlannedOrderisdeactivated
Therearetwosteps,firstcreatethetransactionvariantandthenattachthetransactionvarianttoatransaction.

CreationofTransactionVariant
TransactionvariantcanbecreatedbythroughtransactioncodeSHD0.Thestepstocreateatransactionvariantasfollows:
1.GototransactionSHD0.Intheinitialscreenenterthetransactioncode(inthiscaseCO01)forwhichwearegoingtocreatethetransactionvariant.Enterthenameofthetransactionvariant(say
YCO01)inthe"TransactionVariant"fieldandthenclickthe"Create"button.

2.InthenextscreentransactionCO01willbeopenedinrecordingmode.Aswearegoingtohidethefield"Ordertype",entersomedefaultvalue(sayPP01)inthatfield.Forotherswemayormaynot
entervalues.Click"Enter".Apopupscreenwillappear.

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3.Inthe"ConfirmScreenEntries"popupscreenwecancustomizethefields.Enterthescreenvariantname(sayYCO01_0100)andshorttext(Testscreenvariant)here.Alsoforthefield"Ordertype"
checktheInvisiblecheckboxtohidethisfieldfromthescreen.

4.Todeactivatesomeofthemenufunctionclickthebutton"Menufunctions".Apopupscreenwillappear.Inthepopupselectthemenuitem"Order>Createfromplannedorder"andclickthedeactivate
button.

5.Themenuitemwillbedeactivated(itwillbehighlightedinyellow).Click"Enter"tocomebacktotheoriginalscreenentriespopup.

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6.Click"ExitandSave"buttontosavetheTransactionvariant.Systemwillpopupforatransportrequest.Wecansaveitasalocaltransportorsaveitinsometransportrequest.

7.Wecantestthetransactionvariantbyclickingthe"Test"buttonintheinitialscreen.

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AssigningTransactionVarianttoTransactionCode
Aftercreatingthetransactionvariantweneedtoassignittoatransaction.Thetransactioncanbeusedbytheusertogettherequiredtailoredversionoftheoriginaltransaction.Thestepsareasfollows:
1.GototransactionSE93.Enterthenameofthetransactioncode(sayYCO01_TCODE)tobecreatedandclickthebutton"Create".

2.Inthenextpopupscreenentertheshorttext,selecttheradiobuttonvarianttransactionandclickenter.

3.Inthenextscreenenterthetransaction(CO01)andtransactionvariant(YCO01)createdinthepreviousstep.Clickthe"save"buttontosavethevarianttransaction.

Thevarianttransaction(YCO01_TCODE)isnowreadyanditcanbeusedtogetthetailoredversionoftheoriginalproductionordercreation(CO01)transactioncode.

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Result:
InitialScreen:Field"Ordertype"isnotvisible

Menu:Menuitem"Createfromplannedorder"isdisabled

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http://www.sapbasisabap.com/sapbs010.htm
http://www.erpgenie.com/abap/tvar.htm

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10Comments
Guest
Goodexplanation

Guest
it'sveryclearstepsthanksAshim

Guest
goodwork...likeit

Guest
Goodarticle...itsgiveclearpictureonconcept..

Guest
Nicearticle

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SteveOldner
Thanks!Haven'tdoneonein8yearssoIgoogledSAPtransactionvariant.Thislooksthebest!

HariAndluru
ThanksfortheNicedocument...

SenthilNathan
Thankyouverymuch
Youdoneagoodjob

DanSullivan

Thanks!Thisisveryhelpful.
IsthereawaytotransportsuchchangesfromdevelopmenttoQAtoproduction?

KazuS
Thisexplanationiseasytounderstand.
Iappreciatethisauthor.

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