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See Comparing Pipelines for For information on how Pipeline comparison works and the types of Pipelines that you can compare, go to Comparing Pipelines.

Prerequisites:

  • Both pipelines must be saved and not in edit mode.

To compare two pipelines:

  1. Open one pipeline (source).

    Click Compare pipeline in the toolbar. Both pipelines must be saved (not in a modified state) to be able to be selected to be compared. Select the
  2. target

    Click the Compare Pipeline icon ( (blue star) ) in the toolbar. 

  3. Select the pipeline to compare against (target), then click Compare Pipeline.

     Pipelines that are open and modified but not saved are not available for compare.

    Dialog to select the Pipeline to compare with the current PipelineImage Added

    A new

    pipeline

    tab

    labeled 

    titled Compare opens with

    a property sheet

    additional options.

    Image RemovedClick on the pipeline you wish to display, the source or the target, then select what Snaps you want to highlight.Different: Snaps are New Compare tab with optionsImage Added
  4. Choose which Pipeline to view. You can toggle between the two Pipelines.

  5. Choose which Snaps to highlight:

    • Deleted/Added. Snaps are considered different if they appear in only one

      pipelineIdentical:

      Pipeline. Snaps that are only in the source Pipeline are considered deleted. Snaps that are only in the target Pipeline are considered added.

    • Identical. Snaps are considered identical

      matches

      if the Settings properties, Account reference, View Properties, and Info properties are the same.

       Similar:


      Tip: To compare the properties of the two Pipelines, while the Compare tab is open, click the Edit Pipeline Properties icon ( (blue star) ) in the toolbar.

    • Similar. Snaps are considered similar if

      there are differences in the properties between

      one or more properties are different between two Snaps of the same type.
      Tip: You can

...

  • Click on the Pipeline properties for a comparison.
  • Click on a similar Snap to see the difference between the two instances of the Snap.

...

    • click on a Similar Snap to view how that Snap differs between the two Pipelines.

Info

If you modify either the source or target pipeline, you can refresh the compare to get the latest comparison.Image Removedclick the Refresh icon ( (blue star) ) in the Compare tab (blue star) to refresh the comparison.