Conditions for Action Decisions

This topic explains the actions View Compare/Merge can take to determine which set of conditions apply to the source and target item differences during a session.

View Compare/Merge looks at the state of each item being compared during the compare phase of a session and determines which set of conditions apply to each item. It matches the state of the items being compared to a set of predefined conditions, and chooses an action to take for resolving the conflict.

In more complicated situations, it is unable to determine an action to take. In this case, you must specify the action View Compare/Merge should take to resolve the differences. You may also override the default action chosen to resolve a conflict.

Below are the conditions for which View Compare/Merge tests:

Conditions Tested Description

Whether the item already exists in either the source or target views.

These conditions are represented by the Present columns of the Decision Table

Whether the item has been deleted from either the source or target views.

These conditions are represented by the Deleted columns of the Decision Table.

Whether the item has been modified in either the source or target views.

These conditions are represented by the Changed columns of the Decision Table.

Whether the item has been moved in either the source or target views.

These conditions are represented by the Moved columns of the Decision Table.

Whether the source or target item is the root branch of its share tree

These conditions are represented by the Root Share columns of the Decision Table

Whether the source item is a child share of the target item

Whether the target item is a child share of the source item.

These conditions are represented by the Child Share of Twin columns in the Decision Table and refer to an immediate child, not a grandchild, of the matching--that is twin--item in the other view.

Whether the source or target items have a floating configuration

These conditions are represented by the Floating columns of the Decision Table.

Whether the target folder has floating shares in the source view.

This condition is represented by the Target folder has floating shares column of the Decision Table.

Whether the target item's folder has been deleted.

This condition is represented by the Target Parent Deleted column of the Decision Table.

Whether the target item's folder has been ignored by the session.

This condition is represented by the Parent Folder Ignored column of the Decision Table.

Whether the target item's folder has failed in the session.

This condition is represented by the Parent Folder Failed column of the Decision Table.

Whether the file (if the item in question is a file) is binary.

This condition is represented by the Items are Binary column of the Decision Table.

Whether the source and target items have the same user-modifiable properties and, for files, the same data content.

This condition is represented by the Identical Contents column of the Decision Table.

Whether the properties that differ between the two items have been excluded.

This condition is represented by the Excluded Properties column of the Decision Table.