Variants are used to create models and/or objects that "know" their masters by means of a variant relationship. You can create models that are modeled differently or objects with different attribute assignments, which are related to one another in a variant relationship.
The master and variant can be evaluated and compared using report scripts. To create and manage variants, you must have the Variant manager function privilege.
Note
If a database is used for enhanced variant management, the variants functionality in ARIS Architect for this database is disabled.
Enhanced variant management is used in ARIS to roll out master processes to model variants. This allows you to derive process variants or country-specific variants from master processes with system support.