What are the differences between SELECT-OPTIONS,VARIANTS AND PARAMETERS?
To enter values for variables on the selection screen, you must define the variables using the PARAMETERS statement.To enter a range of values for the variables on the selection screen we use SELECT-OPTIONS statement.If you want to run the same report program with the same selections at regular intervals (for example, for monthly sales statistics), In, ABAP/4 offers you combine the desired values for all these selections in one selection set. Such a selection set is called a VARIANTS.
To enter values for variables on the selection screen, you must define the variables using the PARAMETERS statement. To enter a range of values for the variables on the selection screen we use SELECT-OPTIONS statement. If you want to run the same report program with the same selections at regular intervals (for example, for monthly sales statistics), In, ABAP/4 offers you combine the desired values for all these selections in one selection set. Such a selection set is called a VARIANTS.