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Access the Compare Function

Follow these steps:

1. Access Version Control. See Starting the Version Control Client.
2. Select the Compare Report option. Model, Reports then Compare.
3. Select the source model and destination model. For considerations, see Determining Which Model is the Source Model.
   1. (Optional). Specify a filter for the Source Model names as described in Using a Filter.
   2. From the Source Model list, select the model that contains the objects you intend to compare.
   3. (Optional). Specify a filter for the Destination Model names.
   4. From the Destination Model list, select the model that contains the objects you intend to compare the source model objects to.
   5. Click OK.
4. Specify the Compare options. Press F1 for Online Help on any field.
   1. Specify whether to report on all objects or selected objects. For details, see Selecting the Object Range.
   2. If reporting on selected objects that have been defined to an aggregate set, check Aggregate Sets.
   3. Specify a report destination or accept the displayed default. For tips, see Specifying How to Save Reports.
   4. Specify a unique filename for the report or accept the displayed default.
   5. Specify the sections to include on the report or accept the default, All. For details, see Determine the Sections to Report.
   6. Click OK.
   7. If you selected Compare All, skip to the Compare Report Confirmation (Step 11). If you selected Aggregate Set, skip to Aggregate Sets (Step 9). Otherwise, continue.
5. Select an aggregate object type for which you want to list aggregate object occurrences. A description of each aggregate object type is listed in a table under Become Familiar with Aggregate Object Types.
   1. Highlight the aggregate object type of interest. You can find it helpful to select a higher-level aggregate object to the object of interest. This strategy will ensure that the report includes information on enabling objects to the object of interest. It will also ensure that the report includes information about related objects at the same level as the object of interest. For example, if the object of interest is an entity type, select instead its parent subject area. For a listing of the hierarchies, see Become Familiar with Aggregate Object Expansion in the chapter, "Migrating Objects from One Model to Another."
   2. Click List, or to limit the display to a specific range of occurrences of the selected aggregate object type, enter a filter value as described in Using a Filter and click List.
6. Select one occurrence, select multiple occurrences, or click Select All.

   Selecting one occurrence and expanding it displays the list of objects subordinate to the selected occurrence. This option is useful if you want to select objects of a low-level type having an extremely large number of occurrences within the model, but only a small number when accessed in this way.

   1. If you selected only one object and want to expand that object, click Expand and proceed with the Aggregate Object Expanded Occurrences dialog (Step 7).
   2. If you selected multiple individual occurrences, clicked Select All, or selected an object that cannot be expanded or that you do not want to expand, click Add, and then click Exit. The Aggregate Object Types List appears. Either continue the selection process as described in Step 5 or click Cancel and proceed to generate the report as described in Step 10 for the Selected Object List.
7. Select one occurrence, select multiple occurrences individually, or click Select All. Continue in one of the following ways:
   1. If you selected only one object and want to expand that object, click Expand again. Continue as described at the beginning of this step. (You can repeat this step of selecting and expanding until you reach the lowest-level object in the chain.)
   2. If you selected multiple objects, all objects, or a single object that either cannot be expanded or that you don't want to expand, click Add, then click Exit. If you performed only one expansion, the Aggregate Object Occurrences dialog with the parent object appears. If you performed multiple expansions, the Aggregate Object Expanded Occurrences dialog with the parent object appears. Click Exit repeatedly until you display the Aggregate Object Types dialog.
   3. There is no need to select a subordinate aggregate object if you have selected its parent, since it will be automatically processed when the parent object is fully expanded. This is the reason that selecting Add at the parent level is not recommended here; the assumption is that you made the selection at the highest level you need.
8. To continue selecting objects to compare, return to step 5. To generate the report with the objects currently selected, click Cancel.
9. Select the aggregate set(s) to use.
10. Verify that the listed objects are the objects to be compared. If so, click Proceed. (If not, see Online Help for other options.)

    Compare Report Confirmation

11. Click Yes to proceed with the Compare Report.

    Compare processing begins. A Compare progress indicator appears, updating the count of objects processed until the compare is complete.

    Compare Processing Messages

12. Review the following messages, then click Continue to generate the Compare Aggregate Object Report. The report appears in a Review panel. You can also access it under the specified (or default) filename from the specified (or default) directory.
    1. Request being forwarded to server
    2. Preparing the compare report
    3. Comparing ... objects (displays incrementing object count)
    4. Compare complete