Advanced use of variants - On Premises: 6.4

Object Variants

Object Variants
How variants work
Variants vs versions
Definition of standard, primary, & variant objects
Variant icons
Variant topics, file objects, & hyperlink objects
Validation rules for variants
Dragging primary & variant objects
Modify a book structure with variants
View all variants in Author
View variant values in the Editor
View the variants in the object list
Variant options
Setting up object variants
Planning variants in your content
Create a new variant
Create a multi select variant
Multi select variant
Suggested use of multi select variants
Priority rating
Priority setting & preferred matching
Applying variants
Create a variant of an object
Create a new variant object in a book
New variant object in a filtered book
New variant object in an unfiltered book
Assign multi select values to an object
Variant selection window
Create a new variant of a book
Convert an existing object into a variant of another object
Edit an object's variant criteria values
Remove the association between a variant & its primary object
Deleting a Variant Object from the Library
Import objects with variant relationships from another library
Filtering book variants in Author
Filter locale & other variant objects in Author folders
Filter a book with custom filter criteria
Filter locale variant objects in quick-editing mode folders
Variant filters
Create a favorite variant filter
Delete a variant filter
Modify a variant filter
Create a new filter based on an existing filter
Filtering compared to searching
Priority rating in book filtering
Flat and hierarchical structures in filtering
Variants for software releases
Why use variants for software releases?
Variant terminology for software releases
Variant criteria structures for software releases
List of values structure: Comparing fall-back paths & hierarchy
Book filtering for software releases
Variant fall-back path for software releases
Before using variants for software releases
Set the software release variant values
Effect of variants on Help context IDs
Plan software release implementation
Create a variant sample matrix
Manage software releases with variants
Create variant criteria for software releases
Create a variant object
Assign criteria to a standard or primary object
Automatically filtering a book
Filter the book's variant criteria
Publish variants for software releases
Create variants from the object history
Use cases for variants for software releases
Create a fall-back path for software releases
Create a branched fall-back path for software releases
Choose when to create content from the primary or variant object
Add a new feature from a specific release
Remove a topic for a discontinued feature
Create a variant using an object's history
Use variant templates for linked file objects
Advanced use of variants
Using variants in a search
Variant search options
Filtering compared to searching
Variant criteria search
Show relationships for variants
Identifying criteria values assigned to other objects
Reusing variant criteria values
Filtering variants

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