What is a Variant and how do I use them?
A variant is a collection of saved parameters, such as the setting for a particular table or a set of report selection criteria. Variants allow you to save data sets that you may use repeatedly without having to re-enter the data each time you run a particular transaction. The person who creates a variant can protect a variant to prevent it from being changed. Variants should be protected and saved with the agency identifier as the first 2 characters followed by an underscore then followed by a unique name. For example, DA_acctsreceivreport. Spaces should not be used as part of the naming convention. All Variants are public, so if left unprotected, a variant may be altered or deleted by any user with access to that report.
