Generating a Report for the Version Comparison Results

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.