Description
The allow_variant_truncation option specifies whether or not the user wants their variant name to be truncated to fit within the SAP max variant name length.
Usage
Method | Syntax | IBM i | HP NonStop | UNIX | Windows | z/OS |
Command Line, Short Form | NONE |
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Command Line, Long Form | -allow_variant_truncation opt |
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Environment Variable | USAP_ALLOW_VARIANT_TRUNCATION opt |
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Configuration File Keyword | allow_variant_truncation opt |
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Value
opt is the specification for whether or not to allow truncation
Valid values for this option are:
yes
-Truncation is allowed and an overflow check will not be performed, allowing a variant name length that is greater than the SAP max allowed length to pass, as it is truncated
no
-Truncation is not allowed and an overflow check will be performed and will error if the variant name length is greater than the SAP max allowed length, as it is not truncated
Default value is no.
Command Usage
The ALLOW_VARIANT_TRUNCATION option is used in conjunction with other SAP commands that specify a variant name