One of the key advantages of using HPCA products to manage Windows Installer-enabled applications is the ability to specify variants of the software package, and make those variants available to targeted users.
When you use the advanced capabilities of HPCA, you have to create only one comprehensive AIP, and publish it to the CSDB. All variant sets of features are encapsulated in individual packages in the CSDB.
You can create a new variant by making a copy of an existing package, and then editing it to meet the new variant's unique requirements, as described in the following procedure.
To make a new variant set of features: