The (Compare) function compares the data in the Project To Do List with the data in the target. This is valuable when more than one person is working on the source or target, as the Project To Do List is a snapshot of the situation of the target when you copied the source items to the Project To Do List. If a change is made to the target, between you adding items to the Project To Do List and the copying of the items to the target, then the status of the Project To Do List items may change but the changes are not reflected in the display. Selecting compares the status between the Project To Do List and the target and creates a new snapshot of the Project To Do List changing the status icons where necessary.
Item Task Type and status indication in the Project To Do List
Create
A new item exists in the source and will be created in the target at the next copy.
Update
This item already exists in the target, and at the next copy the software merges the old and new tasks, for the same item.
Delete
Item was deleted from the source.
Duplicate
When Merging or Claiming an active panel or cable to the Buffer. At the next copy, the item in the Project To Do List is duplicated in the target with the data from the source.
Correlate
When Merging or Claiming an active panel or cable to the Buffer. At the next copy, the item in the Project To Do List is overwritten in the target with the data from the source.
Not for update
Item came as Inactive and cannot be manipulated.
Create
Create task was successful. The item was successfully copied from the source and created in the target.
Update
Update task was successful. Changes made to the item in the source and updated successfully in the existing item in the target.
Delete
Deletion task was successful. The item was successfully deleted from the target.
Duplicate
Duplication task was successful. The item was successfully duplicated from the source to the target.
Correlate
Correlate task was successful. The item was successfully overwritten in the target.
Create
Create task failed - The item was not created in the target
Update
Update task failed - The item update failed nothing was copied to the target.
Delete
Delete task failed – The item was not deleted.
Duplicate
Duplication task failed - No duplication took place in the source or in the target.
Correlate
Correlate task failed - No item was overwritten in the source or in the target.