Manage software releases with variants

Object Variants

Variants
Variant criteria
Variant criteria priority
Single select and multi-select variant criteria
Suggested uses of multi-select variant criteria
Variant criteria fall-back paths
Suggested use of variant criteria fall-back paths
Standard, primary, & variant objects
Icons for standard, primary, & variant objects in Author
Variants vs versions
Create a variant criteria
Create a variant of an object
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
Dragging primary & variant objects
Modify a book structure with variants
View the variants in the object list
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 Contribute 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
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
Variant selection window
Comparing variant options in Author & Contribute
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

This section contains some of the basic concepts you need to create and use variants to control your content for software releases.

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