Generating a Report for an Oracle Data Integrator Object

18-4 Oracle Fusion Middleware Developers Guide for Oracle Data Integrator 1. Open the Version Browser. 2. Select the version you want to export.

3. Right-click, then select Export.

4. Select the Export Directory and specify the Export Name. Select Replace Existing

Files without Warning to erase existing export files without confirmation.

5. Click OK.

The version is exported to the given location.

18.3 Working with the Version Comparison Tool

Oracle Data Integrator provides a comprehensive version comparison tool. This graphical tool is to view and compare two different versions of an object. The version comparison tool provides the following features: ■ Color-coded side-by-side display of comparison results : The comparison results are displayed in two panes, side-by-side, and the differences between the two compared versions are color coded. ■ Comparison results organized in tree : The tree of the comparison tool displays the comparison results in a hierarchical list of node objects in which expanding and collapsing the nodes is synchronized. ■ Report creation and printing in PDF format : The version comparison tool is able to generate and print a PDF report listing the differences between two particular versions of an object. ■ Supported objects : The version comparison tool supports the following objects: Project, Folder, Package, Scenario, Interface, Procedure, Knowledge Module, Sequence, User Function, Variable, Model, Model folder, and Solution. ■ Difference viewer functionality : This version comparison tool is a difference viewer and is provided only for consultation purposes. Editing or merging object versions is not supported. If you want to edit the object or merge the changes between two versions, you have to make the changes manually directly in the concerned objects.

18.3.1 Viewing the Differences between two Versions

To view the differences between two particular versions of an object, open the Version Comparison tool. There are three different way of opening the version comparison tool: By selecting the object in the Projects tree 1. From the Projects tree in Designer Navigator, select the object whose versions you want to compare. 2. Right-click the object. 3. Select Version Compare with version... 4. In the Compare with version editor, select the version with which you want to compare the current version of the object.

5. Click OK.

6. The Version Comparison tool opens. Working with Version Management 18-5 Via the Versions tab of the object 1. In Designer Navigator, open the object editor of the object whose versions you want to compare. 2. Go to the Version tab. The Version tab provides the list of all versions created for this object. This list also indicates the creation date, the name of the user who created the version, and a description if specified. 3. Select the two versions you want to compare by keeping the CTRL key pressed. 4. Right-click and select Compare... 5. The Version Comparison tool opens. Via the Version Browser 1. From the main menu, select ODI Version Browser... 2. Select the two versions you want to compare. Note that you can compare only versions of the same object. 3. Right-click and select Compare... 4. The Version Comparison tool opens. The Version Comparison tool shows the differences between two versions: on the left pane the newer version and on the right pane the older version of your selected object. The differences are color highlighted. The following color code is applied:

18.3.2 Using Comparison Filters

Once the version of an object is created, the Version Comparison tool can be used at different points in time. Creating or checking in a version is covered in the topic Working with Versions . The Version Comparison tool provides two different types of filters for customizing the comparison results: ■ Object filters : By selecting the corresponding check boxes New andor Deleted andor Modified andor Unchanged you can decide whether you want only newly added andor deleted andor modified andor unchanged objects to be displayed. Color Description White default unchanged Red deleted Green addednew Yellow object modified Orange field modified the value inside of this fields has changed Note: If one object does not exist in one of the versions for example, when it has been deleted, it is represented as an empty object with empty values.