Compare Setup Data Using Offering or Functional Area

You can compare setup data outside of the import process. To compare setup data during import, see topic Import Setup Data Using Offering or Functional Area.

You need the Export Import Functional Setups User (ORA_ASM_FUNCTIONAL_SETUPS_USER_ABSTRACT) role and the appropriate application administrator role with the task-specific privileges to migrate setup data. You also need access to additional roles to compare certain business objects. For more information about access to additional roles, see topic Additional Access Required for Exporting and Importing Setup Data.

You can compare setup data using offering or functional area, in either of these ways:

• Compare setup data in one configuration package with another configuration package

• Compare setup data in one configuration package with the setup data in the environment

To start the comparison, follow these steps.

1. Click Navigator > My Enterprise > Setup and Maintenance.

2. In the Setup and Maintenance work area, select the offering whose setup data you want to compare.

3. If the configuration package you intend to compare was created by exporting:

   • An offering, then select and open the Actions menu in the page header, and then select Compare Setup Data > Create New.

   • A functional area, then select and open the Actions menu corresponding to the functional area, and then select Compare Setup Data > Create New.

4. For Configuration 1, upload the base configuration package file whose data you want to compare with that in the environment or with another configuration file. To upload the configuration package file, follow these steps.

   1. Click the Configuration Package list and select Upload new.

   2. Browse to find the configuration package file, select it and click Open.

   3. Optionally, open Configuration Package Details to verify that you have selected the correct file. If it's not the correct file, then click Update to browse and select the correct file.

   4. Click Submit to upload the configuration package.

5. For Configuration 2, the option Data in this environment is selected by default to compare with the existing data in the environment. But if you want to compare with another configuration package, click Source and upload another configuration package file.

6. Once the sources are ready, the process for setup data comparison is ready to be submitted. Optionally, you can change the default process name that's automatically assigned.

7. Click Submit to start the comparison process.

8. Monitor the status of the process by selecting Action > Compare Setup Data. Up to three most recent processes are listed and are ordered from the newest to oldest. Each process indicates its status at the time and, if the process has completed, then the time stamp when it was processed.

9. When the process completes, the status shows Ready for comparison review. Select the status to go to Comparison Process Results to review the details of the results. Refer to the topic Setup Data Comparison Results for detailed descriptions of the comparison results.