Model Differencer dialog - for CM tool integration

The Model Differencer dialog allows you to compare Packages in the Modeler environment with their associated Packages in the Configuration Management tool (CM tool) environment.

The Model Differencer dialog is opened when you right-click a Package, point to Tools > Configuration Management, and then click Diff.

In the Model Differencer dialog you can expand items to locate the items that are different in the Modeler and CM tool environments: these entries are shown in Bold. In the columns for the Modeler Package and CM tool Package, the dialog shows you what the differences are.

You can navigate from one difference to another difference through the following toolbar buttons:

The Model Differencer dialog has the following columns:

• Type - Shows the symbols of the item types shown in the Name column.

• Name - Shows an explorer view of the items, properties and links that are different in the model and CM tool. Expand an entry for more information.

• Feature - For links and properties, shows the name of the link or property.

• Source Model Version- Reports on differences between the Package you right-clicked in Modeler and the associated Package in the CM tool environment.

• Target Model Version- Reports on differences between the Package in the CM tool environment and the associated Package in Modeler.

The columns for the Modeler Package and CM tool Package show you what the differences are between the Packages. For example:

• 'Added' means that the item has been added to the Modeler or CM tool environment.

• 'Only Present in this model' means that the item appears only in the Modeler or CM tool environment.

For links the columns show the items that are linked through that link in the Modeler or CM tool environment.

For properties the columns show the value of the property in the Modeler or CM tool environment.

The Details dialog allows you to see more information about the following differences:

• Differences between diagrams in the Modeler and CM tool environments. The Details dialog shows the diagram in each.

• Differences between the values of a property. The Details dialog shows the full value of each property.

• Differences between items that are linked through a link. The Details dialog shows the items that are linked through the link.

To open the Details dialog, select the entry for which you want more information, and then click the Show Detailed Differences

toolbar button.

You can generate the shown differences to an XML report: Click the

Generates an XML Report of the Differences toolbar button.

You can also generate an XML difference report through the ModelDifferencer.exe command line interface. For more information about creating XML difference reports through the command line interface, see Model Differencer dialog - command line interface.