Comparison of Two Folders 

Use

After the participants have returned modified successor folders, you can compare the changes in them with the original data (the product structure of the published folder).

You have the following options:

·        Compare a published folder with the corresponding successor folder from a participant

·        Compare two successor folders from different participants, but based on the same published folder

The system displays all the differences between the two folders in a separate window. You can then select individual changes and prepare them for transfer to the original data structure in the SAP system.

Prerequisites

It is only possible to compare a successor folder if it has the status  Folder returned.

Features

First you specify in monitoring which data structures you want to compare. In the Folder/participant overview, you select at least two folders or successor folders, and choose  Compare and reconcile.

On the Comparison and Reconciliation screen that appears you select from the object selection a folder as a reference object and a folder for comparison, by using Drag&Drop.

When both folders are open, you can choose whether all objects in both folders or only selected objects/substructures are compared.

The results are displayed in the Comparison screen area on various tab pages:

·         Additional Objects (Which objects are new in the successor folder?)

·         Changed Objects (Which objects have been changed in the comparison folder?)

·         Objs that do not exist(Which objects have been deleted from the comparison folder?)

·         Hierarchy position changed (Which objects have been moved within the hierarchy?)

To transfer objects to the SAP system, you select them in the Comparison screen area and choose  to copy them to the Objects for data transfer screen area. When you have collected all the objects that you want to transfer, choose  Go to data transfer.