Description

The MODIFY VARIANT command is used to modify an SAP variant that already exists in an SAP system. A USAP variant definition file is used to specify the modifications.

(See Client Fault Tolerance - Universal Connector for information on XBP interface 2.0.)

Variant definition files are used to define new SAP variants and to modify existing SAP variants. The same syntactical rules apply to the variant definition file in both cases.

The parameter values specified in a variant definition file replace existing values in the SAP variant definition. If a parameter is not specified in the variant definition file, no change is made to the corresponding value in the existing SAP variant definition.

See Variant Definition File - USAP for additional information on the variant definition file.

Command Line Syntax

The following figure illustrates the command line syntax - using the command line, long form of the configuration options - of the MODIFY VARIANT command.

-modify filename/ddname

Command Argument

The MODIFY VARIANT command can be expressed as either:

• -M (Short form)
• -modify (Long form)

The MODIFY VARIANT command argument, filename/ddname, specifies the name of the variant definition file that contains the modification information.

See Variant Definition File - USAP for additional information on the variant definition file.