Comparing Across ABAP Projects (ABAP Systems)

Context

You can also compare the newest version of a program in each of two ABAP projects. You can use this comparison to check code levels in separate ABAP back end systems. (Comparing projects within a single system always shows you the same code version, since ABAP code is independent of clients within a system.)

For example, you can check whether a correction in the development system has already been transported into the consolidation system.

Procedure

From the context menu of an object in the Project Explorer or in the source code editor, choose Start of the navigation path

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ABAP project End of the navigation path

, where ABAP project is one of the ABAP projects defined in your ADT.

Results

A new editor window opens, showing the currently open code in the Local: view. The saved code version is shown with its time stamp in an adjacent view.

Changes are highlighted in the two windows. Locations or changes are shown as icons at the right edge of the saved code version.

Note You can use the Alt Shift C shortcut. Then, ADT identifies the changes between the same development object between the current and the last used ABAP system. The differences are displayed in a popup.