Changing the SAP Standard – Transaction Variant

In some business, sometime we need to adjust business transaction by hiding all information not relevant and displaying only the important information.As a case, asset master data maintenance only permitted to change only General data. In this case you have modify the screen of asset maintenance, for detail case see image below :

Standard : display screen of AS02.

Purpose : view only General tab.

To create the transaction variant, proceeds as below :

1. login to SAP and choose this path : Tools -> AcceleratedSAP  -> Personalization -> SHD0-Transaction Variants
2. Enter transaction code AS02, and enter the name of Variant (example ZAS02).
3. Choose create button or F5. The system automatically call transaction code AS02.
4. Enter the value on the General Tab.
5. Enter name of screen variant and short text.
6. Choose the option you want to display screen : Output only , Mandatory, Invisible, etc. In this case set tab Time Dependent, Allocation, Origin, and Depre. Area as invisible by ticking invisible box on optional dialog.
7. Choose Continue function to proceed next screen, and repeat step 3-6 for all screen.
8. In the last screen choose exit and save button.
9. Enter short text for the transaction.
10. And choose Save button to save your transaction variant.

Starting Transaction Variant, proceeds as below:

1. Choose Tools -> AcceleratedSAP  -> Personalization -> SHD0-Transaction Variants.
2. Enter Transaction Code AS02 and Variant Name ZAS02.
3. Choose Test button or F8.

To make this Transaction Variant can be executed individually, you need to created Variant Transaction. The step proceeds as below:

1. Choose Tools -> AcceleratedSAP  -> Personalization -> SHD0-Transaction Variants.
2. Enter Transaction Code AS02 and Variant Name ZAS02.
3. Choose Goto -> Create Variants Transaction.
4. Enter the name of Transaction code and short text.
5. Choose Save to save the Variant Transaction.