Originally posted by: jlanglois

Hi, does anyone have any experience with an efficient method of comparing the difference between two type trees? I have tried using the Compare With > Compare Type Trees that is available in the context menu, but am finding it to be too unwieldy an option when dealing with really large type trees.

What I'm really looking for is something that will output a report of the differences between two type trees. Does anyone know of a way to do this?
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Can you export the TypeTrees in xml format and then compare the exported xml files? You can keep each xml tag in one line and them use a text comparison tool to get the difference report. This will be helpful if difference count is less.
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Originally posted by: repanzer1

As mentioned in the previous post, you can export to XML and maybe have a map that cleans it up a bit.

Another method would be to put each tree as an output card and fill in every field, then compare the outputs. If you're trying to compare what fields are in one that are not in the other, and vice versa, that's one thing, but if you're comparing field attributes and component rules and restriction lists, it's going to be a chore no matter what. Maybe merge small pieces of the trees into new type trees, and then compare the smaller pieces instead comparing the entire thing at once? Good luck.

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