The following CTK modules and functionalities are affected by variant feature or do not support the variant feature.
Dimension module
The variant dimension D_EPC_VARIANT is available in the Dimension module. You can edit and use the dimension largely like any other dimensions except the entries in column Usage and Internal. These settings cannot be changed by the CTK user.
You can configure language-specific names and delete the dimension. But you can not create a copy of the variant dimension.
Transport of a variant dimension
A variant dimension can be added to a CTK transport container and can be exported to a transport package file. If a client imports a transport package with a variant dimension inside, this dimension can only be added if no variant dimension exists for this client yet. Only one variant dimension can be configured in a client.
Process module
If a variant dimension is configured in the Dimensions module, this dimension is available in process module and can be assigned to any process node.
Not supported functionalities
Data Analytics and Cross Analytics
The variant feature is not support by Data Analytics and Cross Analytics. A variant cannot be added to data tables and also not be referenced in process tables.
Shared functions
Shared functions are not considered by variant calculation.
Process independent KPIs (PIKIs)
PIKIs are not supported for variant dimensions.
Data access dimensions
A variant dimension cannot be configured as data access dimension.
Relations
The variant dimension cannot be referenced in a relation.
Dimension data-import
Importing dimension values for variant dimensions by using the
runtool rundimdata.bat is not supported.
Aggregation
The summaries of an aggregated EPC can be different from the summaries of the aggregated instances. As such a variant would not correspond to any real (non-aggregated) process, aggregated process instances are assigned to the default variant v0-0.
Scaled systems
Variants are not supported in scaled PPM systems.