Viewing and Printing a View Compare/Merge Difference Report

At any time during a View Compare/Merge session, you can view a report of the differences in the session to see what you have done and what you have left to do.

Two types of difference reports are available:

Difference Report Displays information about the View Compare/Merge session parameters and options, a summary of the number of differences by type and action, and the view differences between the source and target by file and folder.
Detailed Difference Report Displays the same information as the Difference Report, but also includes information about items whose parent folder has moved in the source or target view. If no folders were moved, this report will look the same as the Difference Report.

To view a report on the differences in a View Compare/Merge session, do the following:

  1. Start a View Compare/Merge session, or open a saved change package from the Change Perspective using Change Package > Open (in VCM), or Change Package > Open as Read Only (in VCM).
  2. Choose VCM Session > Difference Report or VCM Session > Detailed Difference Report.

    The VCM Session Differences dialog box displays showing a two-column list of the session differences.

  3. Optionally, click the Browse button to choose a different path and name for the output filename.

    The report is saved as an .html file.

  4. Press the View In Browser button to display the difference report in your default browser.
  5. Use the default browser menus to print the report.