Viewing and customizing a Differences report

You can change the size of a Differences report to fit your workspace. Select View > Zoom, and enter a percentage to shrink or enlarge the report.

Tip

Clicking the Object Details tab does not display anything. To view object details, open the AR System Objects left pane and double-click an object to show its detail in the right pane. This action opens the Object Details tab.

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You can look at fields and views all the way to their base level by clicking down into the Report tree view. Also, right-clicking a field or view from the Report tree view displays a pop-up menu with the option to Show Object Details.

For example, when comparing forms, to view field level differences in a report, expand the Forms tree view and right-click to select Show Object Details. You can then double-click a specific field in the list view to see a more detailed set of differences, as shown in the following image:

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Use these techniques when working with Differences reports.

Action

Procedure

Customize what a report displays

  1. Select Tools > Options.
  2. Under Category, click Differences, and select Display.
  3. Select which objects to display:
    • All objects that are the same
    • All different objects
    • All missing objects

Resize a report to your screen

Select View > Zoom and enter a percentage to shrink or enlarge the report. This zoom percentage can also be used when printing a report.

Select colors for reports

  1. Select Tools > Options.
  2. Under Category, open the Differences, and select Colors.
  3. For each object difference category, select the color for each category.
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Select migration and printing options

Right-click in the right pane of a Differences report window and select options from the menu.

Export a Differences report to HTML

  1. Select File > Export to HTML.
  2. Select a directory path where you want the file saved, and enter a file name.
  3. Click Save.
  4. Open the saved HTML file in any HTML editor to print, edit, or reformat the report.

Refresh Differences report information

Select the report window and press F5.

Display a previously saved Differences report

Select the saved report from the directory where it is stored, and double-click to open it.

Create an image of the report to view in another application

Select Edit > Copy. Open the other application and select Edit > Paste. You cannot edit the copied file.

Add new object to a report

Drag the object from the source server or from a detail list view.

Scroll to an object in the list view (right pane)

Select the object name in the tree view left pane. You can also click once on an object in the list view to select the object in the tree view.

Compare objects between servers, between .migrator files, between a server and a .migrator file, or between two objects on the same server

Right-click the objects and select Differences.

Put forms and related objects into a Differences report

Select them and hold down the Ctrl key as you drag the objects into the report.

Navigate between differences and missing items

Click the Previous or Next Differences icons (yellow icons with red arrows) or Previous or Next Missing icons (yellow icons with blue arrows) in the toolbar.

 

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