CDO> CHANGE RECORD EMPLOYEE_RECORD. cont> VARIANTS. cont> VARIANT. cont> END VARIANT. cont> VARIANT. cont> END VARIANT. cont> VARIANT. cont> DELETE RATE. cont> END VARIANT. cont> END VARIANTS. cont> END EMPLOYEE_REC RECORD. In this example, the keyword DELETE in the CHANGE RECORD command removes the RATE field definition from the EMPLOYEE_RECORD record definition. The CHANGE RECORD command does not affect the other two definitions in the variant definition. To indicate that the RATE field definition is in the third variant definition, you must use the Variants Change Clause as shown in this example. The keywords VARIANT and END VARIANT serve as placeholders for those variant definitions that you do not want to change.