How To Fix 5M342 - Variant & of variant set & does not exist. Continue without variant

5M342 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: 5M - Error Messages for Denmark

• Message number: 342

• Message text: Variant & of variant set & does not exist. Continue without variant

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message 5M342 - Variant & of variant set & does not exist. Continue without variant ?

  The SAP error message 5M342 indicates that a specific variant (or a variant set) that you are trying to use does not exist in the system. This error typically occurs when you attempt to execute a report or transaction that relies on a variant for input parameters, but the specified variant is not available.
  
  Cause:
  
  Non-existent Variant: The variant you are trying to use has either been deleted or never created.
  Incorrect Variant Name: There may be a typo or incorrect naming in the variant name you are trying to access.
  Authorization Issues: You may not have the necessary authorizations to access the variant.
  Transport Issues: If the variant was created in a different environment (like development) and not transported to the current environment (like production), it may not exist there.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Variant Existence:
  
  Go to the transaction where the variant is used and check if the variant exists. You can usually do this by navigating to