Variants Page

The Variants page lists all of the variants that you have access to and their associated variant values.

Required access role: Reader

To view the list of all variants and variant values that you have access to:

  1. Click Home .
  2. In the navigation pane, click Variants and Options > Variants.

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Columns

Column Name Description
Display Name The display name of the variant or variant value. Click to view the Properties page for the variant or variant value.
(Image) The primary image associated with the variant or variant value. If an image exists, clicking on it opens a slide show.
Name The object name of the variant or variant value.
Type The type of object: Variant or Variant Value
Owner The owner of the variant or variant value.
State The current lifecycle state of the variant or variant value.
(Open in new window) Click to open the variant or variant value Properties page in a new window.

Actions Menu/Toolbar Commands

Action Description For More Information
Create Variant Creates a variant.

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Creating a Variant
Create Variant Value Creates a variant value for the selected variant.

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Creating a Variant Value
Delete Deletes the selected variants and variant values from the database. Click OK to confirm.

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Structure Compare After you select a variant, allows you to compare the structure of two different variants. Opens a structure compare window where you can choose the second variant and select criteria by which to compare the two objects.

Required access role: Reader

Product Engineers must be licensed for both Variant Analysis and Reuse and Configured BOM to compare variant structures.

Running the Structure Compare Report