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Complete Compare

One of the most powerful tools CA ERwin DM provides is Complete Compare. It helps you easily compare and synchronize the object properties between a data model and its related database or another data model.

The Complete Compare tool includes these features:

Work with open models in real time

When you select a model, database or script file, it opens as a model in the workplace and stays open during the compare process. Changes made to the models during compare are automatically made to the open models. You can save your models when you end the compare session, or use other features to update the database or replace the script file.

Quickly perform simple or complex comparisons

Screens in the non-sequential wizard allow you to quickly perform a simple compare, or set up the parameters for a complex compare. You move through the wizard using a navigation tool displayed in a static explorer window. You can use preset defaults and click Compare once to start the compare process.

Save an entire compare session to an external (CCS) file

You can save your compare session in a Complete Compare Session (CCS) file. You can then reload the saved session to instantly restore your previous selections, including model choices, and object and property filters.

Customize Options Sets

Customize the list of objects and properties you want to participate in the compare by creating an Option Set in the Type Selection dialog. You can save the Option Set as an external file, or with one or both of the models that participate in the compare.

Search compare results

Use the Find functionality in the Resolve Differences dialog to search the list of displayed differences.

Create reports

Use the Report functionality in the Resolve Differences dialog to prepare a custom report of your Complete Compare session.