Important: The STEPXML Comparison Tool has been superseded by the change packages functionality available in Stibo Systems Enterprise Platform (STEP) Workbench and may be removed in a future release. It is recommended that users transition to using change packages, which are described in the Change Packages section of the Configuration Management documentation.
STEP has a tool for comparing system setup on different instances of STEP. The comparison tool requires an XML file to be exported from the source system and the target system.
This can be used to identify:
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Configuration that is different
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Compare collections, bulk update configurations and export / import configurations
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Configuration that only exists on the source system
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Configuration that only exists on the target system to identify what needs to be deleted
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Configuration that is identical
Once the differences have been identified the system compare tool can then be used to do the following:
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Generate an XML file of only the differences to add to another STEP system.
This data can then be imported to the target system -
Generate an XML of all the differences and import onto the target system
The comparison tool should not be used to migrate assets, products, classifications and entities from one system to another. It should only be used to compare two STEP systems and from this comparison generate STEPXML to move this configuration from a source system to a target system
The tool only adds / modifies configuration on target systems it does not delete items that should not exist on the target system. It does not make updates that require user input; as explained later in the document.
Refer to the following topics for more information: