Enhanced variant management
With enhanced variant management, you can create master processes that are rolled out to other areas via variants. You can also adapt the processes to specific requirements. If you make changes to the master process, you can apply some or all process changes to the model variants with system support. Enhanced variant management increases process quality by eliminating duplicate data storage, rework, delays, errors, and inefficient administrative tasks. Enhanced variant management is available only for versionable databases.
Enhanced variant management supports different scenarios. For example:
You can roll out production processes for which variants are created when variations from the predefined process are required.
You can roll out predefined processes in different countries. In this scenario, the model variants can be created and adapted to the country-specific requirements.
Supported models
Non-lane and lane models, such as models of type EPC, EPC (table display)
BPMN diagrams and subprocesses in BPMN diagrams
Models that are assigned to objects of the master model, for example, models of type Function allocation diagram. During the resolution step, you can expand the assignment hierarchy and check the status of the assigned model.
The descriptions and procedures in this chapter apply to enhanced variant management. This means that enhanced variant management must be enabled for the database you are using (
Application launcher > 
Administration 
Configuration > Databases > <database> > 
Properties > 
Variant management).