A variant is a variation of a manufacturer name. The system translates the variant to the target manufacturer name specified by the manufacturer conversion record when it displays manufacturer data in Deployed Assets module applications and in reports. You can move variants from one conversion record to another conversion record that already exists.
When performing this procedure you can move a single variant, multiple variants, or all the variants from the original manufacturer conversion. If all the variants are moved from the original manufacturer conversion, the application deletes that conversion record from the database. If any variants remain on the original manufacturer conversion record, that record remains in the database.
You cannot move the variant identical to the target name unless you move all the variants, in which case the application deletes the original conversion record. Because each conversion record must have one variant that is identical to the target name, if you attempt to move the variant that is identical to the target name or a selection of variants that includes the identical variant, the application displays an error message.