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Model Differencer dialog - for Component Sharing Wizard export to model
The Model Differencer dialog allows you to compare Packages in the current model with their associated Packages in a destination Model.
In the Model Differencer dialog you can expand items to locate the items that are different in each model: these entries are shown in Bold. In the columns for the current model and the destination model, the dialog shows you what the differences are.
You can navigate from one difference to another difference through the following toolbar buttons:
Navigate to Previous Difference
Navigate to Next Difference
Dialog columns
The Model Differencer dialog has the following columns:
• Type - Shows the symbols of the item types shown in the Name column.
For links and properties, the type column is blank.
• Name - Shows an explorer view of the items, properties and links that are different in the current model and destination model being differenced. Expand an entry for more information.
• Feature - For links and properties, shows the name of the link or property.
For items, the Feature column is blank.
• Current Model - Reports on differences between the current model and destination model.
• Destination Model - Reports on differences between the destination model and current model.
Reporting of differences
The columns for the current model and destination model show you what the differences are between items. For example:
• 'Added' means that the item has been added to the current model or destination model.
• 'Only Present in this model' means that the item appears in only the current model or destination model.
For links the columns show the items that are linked through that link in the current model and destination model.
For properties the columns show the value of the property in the current model and destination model.
Details dialog
The Details dialog allows you to see more information about the following differences:
• Differences between diagrams in the current model and destination model. The Details dialog shows the diagrams in the current model and destination model.
• 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.
Generating XML reports
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.