Comparing Versions of Partner Catalogs

This chapter discusses how to:

Note. This feature is only available for catalog versions where the partner's offering data has already been transformed into the enterprise catalog format and loaded into the enterprise catalog.

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You can compare two versions of a partner catalog.

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Compare Partner Versions

EOCM_COMPARE_VER

Catalog Management, Catalog Management Home

Select an enterprise catalog.

Select the newer of the partner catalogs that you want to compare.

Compare Versions

Compare two partner catalog versions.

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Access the Compare Versions page (Catalog Management, Catalog Management Home, Compare Versions).

Compare partner version n to partner version

Select the second partner versions to compare.

Note. Only partner versions that are earlier than the version selected on the Enterprise Catalog Console page are available.

Field Name

Select the check boxes associated with attributes that you want to compare. The list of attributes is based on catalog type.

The report includes only those offerings that have differences between the selected versions, considering only the attributes selected.

Note. Avoid selecting all fields for a single report, as this can create many rows and increase report generation time.

Generate Report

Click to generate the comparison report. The Process Scheduler Request page is displayed.

See Also

PeopleTools PeopleBook: PeopleSoft Process Scheduler.

Click to jump to parent topicViewing Comparison Reports

You can filter comparison results to analyze the data most effectively.

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View Report

EOCM_VIEW_VERSIONC

Catalog Management, Catalog Management Home

Select an enterprise catalog.

Select the newer of the partner catalogs that you want to compare.

Compare Versions, View Report

View comparison data between two partner catalog versions.

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Access the View Report page (Catalog Management, Catalog Management Home, Compare Versions, View Report).

If you do not need this data again, click Delete Report to remove the report from the system.

Numeric Filter

You can filter comparison results by a selected numeric field based on an amount or percent difference. For example, results can be displayed in the filtered rows view if the vendor price of an offering shows a difference greater than 10.00.

Numeric Field

Select a numeric field. Only numeric fields selected for comparison are available.

Amount Difference and Percent Difference

To apply a filter:

  1. Select to filter by amount or percent.

  2. Select an operator. Choose from:

    • Less than.

    • Less than or equal to.

    • Equal to.

    • Greater than.

    • Greater than or equal to.

  3. Enter the amount or percent difference to filter by.

Filter Rows

Click to view results based on the filter criteria entered.

All Rows

Click to remove any previous filtering and view results without filtering.

Results

For each offering in the partner catalog that contains differences, the Results grid displays the fields selected for comparison.

Max Rows

Enter the maximum number of rows, no greater than 300, to display in the Results grid.

Vendor Item ID

Click the ID to access the Maintain Partner Data page for that offering and update the data.

Note. The Maintain Partner Data information updates the newer version of the catalog. Any updates made are not seen on the comparison report until it has been regenerated.

View Values Tab

Select the View Values tab.

Version <Newer Catalog Version Number> Value

Displays the value found in the newer catalog version for the associated field.

Version <Older Catalog Version Number> Value

Displays the value found in a previous catalog version for the associated field.

View Differences Tab

Select the View Differences tab.

Amount Difference

Displays the amount difference from the older version to the newer version, for numeric fields only.

Percent Difference

Displays the percent difference from the previous version to the newer version, for numeric fields only.

See Also

Maintaining Partner Data