Apply With Compare or Copy

The interface of the Apply Change Packages wizard is similar to what you see with the Apply Without Compare option, however, the following steps are included.

• Compare project from the demo database to the development or copy of production database.

  Change Assistant will compare this project between the source database and the currently selected environment (target database).

• Examine the compare report step (a manual step).

  You must examine the compare reports generated to determine the appropriate action (for example, whether or not to copy the object from the source database to the target database).

• Copy project from the source database.

  Change Assistant copies the objects from the source database to the target database, based on the actions chosen.

• Extract the files from the delivered change package.

  Change Assistant will extract the current change package to a temporary location (<<staging directory>>/~ExtractedCP).

• Re-apply customizations.

  This is a manual step.

• Compare and merge files.

  This is a manual step.

• Export the project from the target database.

  Change Assistant will export (from the target database) the project containing customize objects to a temporary location (<<staging directory>>/~ExportedProject).

• Change Assistant creates a new change package in the download directory. The original change package is renamed to xxxxx.zip_datetimestamp.