The comparison tool can be used to create STEPXML to modify and add relevant configuration. It will not delete or modify configuration that is already in use within STEP. It will also not make updates that require user input.
Listed below are the configurations within STEP that cannot be updated using this tool:
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Cannot change a list of values (LOV) with an auto-generated ID.
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If attributes have been merged on the source system, the redundant attribute on the target system must be removed manually.
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If list of values (LOV) have been merged on the source system, the redundant values need to be removed / merged on the target system.
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Cannot swap attribute IDs.
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Cannot change an attribute from internal to externally maintained as this requires user input; i.e., where to take the values from Main / Approved workspace.
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Cannot remove dimension dependencies as this requires user input to determine which values to keep after removing the dependency.
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Cannot remove workspaces. This is a manual task.
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Cannot change an attribute to have LOV validation or to not use LOV validation.
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Cannot change reference types to / from being externally maintained as this requires user input.
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Cannot change classification-product link type to / from being externally maintained as this requires user input.
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Cannot change 'Owns Product Links' setting on classification object type.
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Cannot change revisability of an entity object type.