Know the Impact of Changes Before They Go Into Production

The standard version control tools provided by COOL:Gen identify changes based on time stamps, but do not provide specific details on the content or scope of changes. Visual Compare provides model managers with reports that detail actual value changes to your models.

These reports let the COOL:Gen project manager evaluate the impact of proposed changes before they are migrated into production. The larger the project and the more widely the information is shared, the more critical this task becomes, and the more you need tools to automate comparison and tracking of change.

Visual Compare can present changes either as diagrams highlighting differences in color or as printed reports with changes indicated in the margin. Identification and validation of changes only takes seconds with these easy to use presentation formats.

This window is used to specify the details of a comparison such as model name, location, object types, and objects to be decomposed and compared.

This window is used to specify the details of a comparison such as model name, location, object types, and objects to be decomposed and compared. (Click on image for full-size diagram)

Results of the comparison is first summarized in a list (such as this screen shot) which can be drilled down to specific cases.

Results of the comparison is first summarized in a list (such as this screen shot) which can be drilled down to specific cases. (Click on image for full-size diagram)

Finally each change is pinpointed using a color composite window showing the 'before' and 'after' version of each change.

Finally each change is pinpointed using a color composite window showing the "before" and "after" version of each change. (Click on image for full-size diagram)