Book a Demo
Prev Next

Compare To Package In Another Model

Using the built-in Compare utility, it is possible to determine what has changed in a package in the current Enterprise Architect project against the same package (having the same package GUID) in a different Enterprise Architect project. The target Enterprise Architect project can be file-based (.qea, .feap or .eap/.eapx files), DBMS Server based ( such as MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle ) or a Cloud based repository.

Access

Select a Package in the Browser window and then using the ribbon menu, open the 'Select Model' dialog.

Ribbon

Publish > Model Exchange > Package Control > (Compare) Package to Model

Options

Field/Button

Action

See also

Package

Displays the name of the currently-selected Package.

If this is not the required Package, click on the Browse package button and select the correct Package.

Location

Click on this button to specify details of the target Enterprise Architect project.

Click on the drop-down arrow and select:

-  Local File - the file browser dialog displays and allows locating/selecting an existing .QEA, .QEAX, .EAP, .EAPX or .FEAP file

-  Server Connection - click on the drop-down arrow and select:

  • 'Native Connection' - the 'Open Server Connection' dialog displays
  • 'ODBC Connection Wizard' - the Windows 'Data Link Properties' dialog displays; you can also use this method to define the repository connection

-  Connect to Cloud - the  'Cloud Connection' dialog displays, on which you specify the server URL and model name to access via the Cloud.

File Based Projects Connect to a Repository via ODBC Open Server Connections - Native Connection Server Based Repositories Connecting Enterprise Architect to a Cloud Model

Model

Displays the selected target Enterprise Architect project path/connection details

Name

Displays name of the selected target Enterprise Architect project

Type

Displays connection type of target Enterprise Architect project .i.e., whether:

  • Local File
  • Native Connection
  • ODBC Connection
  • Cloud Connection

OK

Click on this button to connect to the target Enterprise Architect project and compare the selected Package in the current model with that in the target project

Note:  If the package (with the same GUID) does not exist in the target project, the comparison window will indicate that an error has occurred and the message "Package <packageName> does not exist in the selected model" will be displayed in the System Output window.

Cancel

Click on this button to close this dialog without any further action

Help

Click on this button to display this Help topic

Learn more

Prev Next