SAP Note 24427 - Copying variants between clients and systems

Symptom:

The Report Writer generates ABAP/4 programs from the definition of a report group. The user can create variants for the entries in these programs on the corresponding selection screens.

1. Because the name of the generated program depends on the client, it is not possible to transport variants from one client to another client using standard means.

2. It is also not possible to transport such variants from one R/3 system to another, since report group variants are local objects.

Cause and prerequisites
Solution

1. Using the following program ZZRVARI0 (for Release 2.2) or ZZVARI1 (for Release 3.0), you can copy Report Writer variants from a source client to a current client.
The 2.2 version of the program is delivered as of Release 2.2F with the name RGRVARIO.
The 3.0 version of the program is delivered as of Release 3.0D with the name RGRVARI1.
When you execute the program, you must enter the source client in the selection screen as well as the report groups or libraries for which variants are to be copied.
The program only copies variants for report groups that exist in the current client. You can copy report groups from a source client by performing the function 'Utilities' -> 'Transport' -> 'Copy from client' in transaction GR55.

2. Using the following program ZZRVARIX (only for Release 3.0), you can transport variants from one system to another.
You can export variants to a local file and import from the file into the target system.
The 2.2 version of the program is delivered as of Release 2.2J with the name RGRVARIT.
The 3.0 version of the program is delivered as of Release 3.0F with the name RGRVARIX.

For Releases 2.2A to 2.2I, you can copy program RGRVARIT from SAP server SAPSERV3. Both transport files K017069.P22 and R017069.P22 are available in the directory /dist/permanent/Note.0024427.
For Releases 3.0A to 3.0E, you can find files K002133.A30 and R002133.A3 which contain report RGRVARIX in the same directory.

Further information on transferring transport files to your system can be found in OSS note no. 13719.

Additional key words

Report Writer, GR55, transport, ABAP, variant, program. ----- SUPPORTGUIDE 20010329165131 -----
REPORTWRITER, SGRW_VARIANT, SGRW_TRANSPORT, SGRW_DOCU_CONS_NOTE
SGRW_OM SGRW_PS SGRW_PC SGRW_SL SGRW_PCA SGRW_EC SGRW_LIS