Varient of the program is not the current version

Question

Hi
when User try to run SE16 - they are receiving messages similar to the one below, when they attempt to select a saved variant.
Variant VOUCHER LIST of program /1BCDWB/DBBKPF is not the current version
Message no. DB 634
Diagnosis
You attempted to start report /1BCDWB/DBBKPF using variant VOUCHER LIST. Since thisvariant was generated, the report SELECT-OPTIONS or PARAMETERs havechanged considerably, i.e. the type or length no longer match andPARAMETERs have become SELECT-OPTIONS or vice versa. Many of thesechanges are so serious that even attempting to import the variantresults in runtime errors.
Procedure
Adjust or delete the variant.
Users are seeing a similar error when they try any table (BKFP is the one above, but  have seen on table VBAK, VBAP, etc.).
Pls suggest the solution of this problem.
Regards
Amar

Answer 1

This would happen when the selection screen of the table got change. Like when users had saved the variant, there were 5 fields on the selection screen but eventually it got changed to more or less fields.
The only way, I can think of is to recreate all the variants.
To get rid of this problem, you can use transaction SE16N instead of the SE16.
Here You can save the variant by pressing the SAVE button.
To get the variant: Enter Table name, Go to > Variants > Get. Select your variant.
Regards,
Naimesh Patel
Edited by: Naimesh Patel on Mar 24, 2009 9:23 AM - Added SE16N