You can start a comparison between the design of any entity
type, or the source code of Macros. You can perform a comparison in
the history between two versions of an instance, or a comparison between
two instances.
Procedure
To start comparing, you must do the following actions:
- In the Design Explorer view, select one
instance to compare it in the history, or two instances to compare
one with the other. You can start a design comparison from any instance.
You start a source code comparison from Macros only.
- In the contextual menu, select Compare with.
You can select one of the following comparisons:
- Each Other.
This choice compares the two selected instances.
- Local History.
This choice compares the selected instance with one of its versions that are stored in the local
history.
Note: To configure the size and depth of the local history, select .
- Remote.
with one of its versions that are stored on
the server. In the Component source wizard that opens, you must indicate
where the version can be found on the server.
This choice opens the History view in comparison mode.
Double-click one of the versions that are displayed in this view to start comparing it with the
current version that is selected in the Design Explorer view.
- Previous in the repository.
This choice is available if you are connected to the Rational Team Concert server that stores the selected
instances. It compares the selected instance with its latest version that is stored on the
server.
This choice opens the History view in comparison mode.
Double-click one of the versions that are displayed in this view to start comparing it with the
current version that is selected in the Design Explorer view.
- Master.
This choice is available in the Pacbase facet, from a
subordinate instance. A subordinate instance is an instance that has the same name as an instance in
a higher project of the design build path hierarchy. The instance in the higher project is the
master instance.
If this master instance is modified, you must decide whether to copy or to ignore these
modifications in the subordinate instance. To copy the modifications, you must open the compare
editor and manually copy some or all of the modifications.