System Comparison BW

The function "System Comparison" can be found in analysis reports and in the search view:

System comparison in the Analysis Reports dropdown of the System Scout ribbon

This function compares the entities of two different systems. Therefore you have to select the system and the entities, which you like to compare with each other. Then, the function can be started via the button "Start comparison".

There are three different ways, which can be selected in the bottom tabs:

Entities only in the current system
Entities only in the second system
Entities in both systems

function showing the Queries, that exist in both compared systems

By pressing the button "Conditional Formatting", a box appears in which the definition of the rules can be defined.

Conditional Formatting button in the toolbar of system comparison

window to specify which differences should be highlighted, including Version, Description, UID and Change Date

If the entities of the two systems are compared with each other, certain cells can be highlighted by using conditional formatting. Differences and similarities between the two systems can be determined quickly. It is possible to choose in which color different or identical values of certain categories (Tech. name, Type, Version, Description, UID, Last changed date, Last changed by, SID) should be highlighted. Moreover, there are further options in the category "Last change date" to get a better overview of the changes within the systems.

Dropdown to select the which change dates should be highlighted

When the settings are confirmed via the button "Ok", they will be executed in the system comparison.

Highlighting of difference sin the function

With this function it's possible to identify for example Queries with the same technical name but with a different UID:

If you want to get more information about the entities of two systems, you can mark multiple entities (CTRL+ left click) and use the context menu to start the analysis Analyze and Compare BW Entities to compare the buildup of multiple entities across two systems in detail:
The result opens in the function Analyze and Compare BW Entities.