SAP VARI ABAP/4: Variant storage (similar to INDX) Table

Overview

VARI is a standard SAP S/4HANA table that stores ABAP/4: Variant storage (similar to INDX) data. There are total 10 fields in the VARI table. The following is a list of the fields that make up this table. Key fields are marked in blue.

The table VARI belongs to Logical DB, Selection Screens, Selection Variants (BC-ABA-TO) module and is located in the package Selection Screens, Variants, Logical Databases (SLDBV).

In addition, following links provide an overview of foreign key relationships, if any, that link VARI to other SAP tables and standard CDS views available based on VARI table in S/4HANA 2020.

Techincal Settings of VARI

Below are technical details of the table VARI

  • Buffering not allowed
  • No buffering
  • Storage type is Column Store

List of VARI Fields

The following table gives you an overview of the fields available in VARI

FieldDescriptionData ElementCheck TableData TypeLength
MANDTClientMANDT*CLNT3
RELIDRelation IDRELIDCHAR2
REPORTABAP: Program Name in Variant KeyVARI_REPRT*CHAR40
VARIANTABAP: Name of variant (without program name)VARIANT*CHAR14
SRTF2Next record counter in EXPORT/IMPORT data tablesINDX_SRTF2INT410
VDATEABAP: Date of a variantVARI_VDATEDATS8
VTIMEABAP: Time of a variantVARI_VTIMETIMS6
VERNRABAP: Program version numberTRDIR_VERNCHAR6
CLUSTRBIN2 data element for SYSTSYBIN2INT25
CLUSTDContents of variantVARILRAWLRAW2886

Foreign Key Relationships

A foreign key field is a table field that is allocated to a check table and becomes part of the table's foreign key. The following table gives you an overview of the foreign keys for VARI

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