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  3. Working with Views
  4. Creating, Editing, and Deleting Compare Profiles

Creating, Editing, and Deleting Compare Profiles

For viewpoint comparisons that you run frequently, you can create compare profiles that store the comparison parameters in a reusable profile. These compare profiles are displayed in the viewpoint compare drop down menu.

Compare profiles also enable you to define a node expression in order to filter the nodes that are being compared.

Considerations

  • Compare profiles can be used to compare viewpoints from the same view only. You cannot use a compare profile to compare viewpoints in different views.
  • You must have the Owner permission on a view in order to be able to create a compare profile for that view. Users must have at least Participant (Read) permission on both of the viewpoints in a compare profile in order to run it.
  • When you select a compare profile in a view, the viewpoints in the profile are displayed automatically and the other compare parameters are disabled. You cannot override the compare parameters from the viewpoint compare screen. Instead, edit the compare profile to modify the compare parameters. See Editing Compare Profiles.

Creating and Deleting Compare Profiles

To create a compare profile:

  1. Inspect the view that you want to create the comparison for. See Inspecting a View.
  2. On the Compares tab, click Create.
  3. Enter a name, and (optionally) a description for the compare.
  4. Select the From and To viewpoints for the compare from the drop down menus. You can select normal or time labeled viewpoints.

    Note:

    You can select the same viewpoint as both the From and To viewpoints and then select different top nodes in each in order to compare different hierarchies in that viewpoint. When you run the compare profile, a duplicate tab of the viewpoint is added to the view (if it does not already exist) and is displayed in the side by side layout.

    The duplicate tab remains in the view until you close the view. You can manually remove the duplicate tab or close and reopen the view if you do not want the duplicate tab to persist in the view after you run the compare.

  5. Click Create.

    The compare profile is displayed in the inspector.

To delete a compare profile:

  1. From the Compare tab of the View inspector, click Edit.
  2. In the Actions column, click Actions actions, and then select Delete.

Editing Compare Profiles

  1. On the General tab of the Compare inspector, click Edit to change the name or description of the compare profile. You cannot change the From or To viewpoint.
  2. On the Definition tab of the Compare inspector, click Edit to modify the comparison parameters, as follows:

    • In Compare Scope, select the nodes that you want to compare (select one):

      • All Nodes: Compares all of the nodes in the viewpoint.
      • Bottom Nodes: Compares all of the bottom nodes in the viewpoint.
      • Selected Node and Descendants: Compares the node that you selected and all of the nodes underneath it. (Hierarchy viewpoints only)
      • Bottom Nodes for Selected Node: Compares the bottom nodes underneath the node that you selected. (Hierarchy viewpoints only)

      For both the Selected Node and Descendants and Bottom Nodes for Selected Node options, you must specify the Selected Node in the From and To viewpoints. Click node selector in each field to display the node selector and then drill down and select the nodes to compare.

    • In Node Filter, click Edit Expression edit expression to open the expression builder and build a node condition expression for the compare profile. If you specify an expression, only nodes in the From viewpoint that meet the conditions in the expression are used for the compare. Otherwise, all nodes in the From viewpoint are used. See Building Expressions.
    • In Compare Types, select the type of comparison that you want to run (select one or more):

      • Find Missing Nodes

      • Compare Relationships (Hierarchy viewpoints only)

      • Compare Property Values

        Note:

        By default, all properties are used for the comparison. Click Specified to select specific properties for the comparison. You can only select properties in the From viewpoint that are mapped to properties in the To viewpoint by a node type converter. See Working with Node Type Converters.
  3. Click Save.

After you create a compare profile, you can use it to quickly compare two viewpoints using the parameters that you saved. See Comparing Viewpoints.