You can compare a snapshot or workspace with a previous
version, and you can compare up to three snapshots and workspaces.
For example, at the end of a project milestone, you might compare
a previous snapshot with the existing workspace.
Before you begin
You should be familiar with project
areas, configuration spaces, snapshots, workspaces,
and change sets, which are described in Management of shared design resources.
You must be logged in to a Design
Management project,
and you must be in a workspace that is associated with this space.
About this task
Comparing configurations determines whether configurations
contain different resources (identified by the URI or the name of
a resource), or different versions of the same resources. You cannot
compare the actual contents of the resources.
Procedure
- Open the Configuration Explorer view:
from the Current Configuration Context menu,
select Explore Configurations.
- Complete one of the following steps:
| Option |
Description |
| Compare a configuration with the previous version |
In the Actions column of a configuration,
click the Compare with previous icon. The Compare
Configurations page is displayed, and shows the versions
of resources in the selected configuration and the previous version
of the configuration. The previous version of a configuration varies
depending on the type of configuration that you select:- If you select a workspace, the versions of resources in the workspace
are compared with the versions of resources in the base snapshot of
that workspace.
Tip: In the Configuration Editor, on the Overview tab
for the selected workspace, see the value in the Base Snapshot field.
- If you select a snapshot, the versions of resources in the selected
snapshot are compared to the contents of the snapshot whose Time Order
dimension most closely precedes that of the selected snapshot.
Tip: In the Configuration Editor, on the Dimensions tab
for the selected snapshot, see the value of the Timer Order dimension.
|
| Compare multiple configurations |
Click Cntrl , and click in the Name column
beside the name of the two or three configurations to compare; then
click the Compare with Each Other icon near
the upper-right corner of the page. |
- Use the navigation icons near the upper-right corner of
the Compare Configurations page to navigate through
the differences in the configurations.
What to do next
To return to the list of configurations for the project area,
click
Configuration Explorer, which is near
the upper-left corner of the
Compare Configurations page.
To
return to the application, click its name in the breadcrumb trail,
which is near the upper-left corner of the page.