Batch data diff tab
- Opened from:
Batch data diff toolbar action (Ctrl+Shift+B keyboard shortcut) and from Home tab
- Applicable tab-specific toolbar actions:
- Export
to Excel
- Show
all, 
new and changed, 
new, 
changed
- Jump to the
next, 
previous change
- Select
all, 
none, 
invert selection on the left, 
all, 
none, 
invert selection on the right: selection can be changed using any of left or right selection buttons
- Merge
data from selected tables to the right-side database, 
to the left-side database
- Delete
data from selected tables on the left-side database, 
on the right-side database
- Applicable object types: Tables and Views
This tab allows to compare data for multiple tables and views, providing summary of data changes for the whole database:
Top panel contains:
- Run action, which is also available by F5 keyboard shortcut. Once started, it is changed to the Cancel button to stop execution (may take some delay).
- a number of self-descriptive Calculate and Objects execution options which are available with Alt and action key from keyboard. Action key is underlined when you hit the Alt key. So, for example Alt+V shortcut switches 'Show views' option
quick filter button that allows to filter object list by name. This can be very convenient for large object lists. This action also available with Alt+F keyboard shortcut
Result columns:
- Table name - name of the table or view
- Type - table or view
- Changed columns - this table in left and right projects has different columns. Why this important - even if it shows 0 changes, this result is based only on common columns. Columns which exist in only one side - they still may have some data missing in the other side and this is not counted as change
- Common key - table has compatible primary key on both sides, which consists of the same columns with the same data type. Common primary key is required to compare data, without it only total record count can be calculated. Key also can be defined in the diff profile, not only for tables but also for views
- DL (left) and DL (right) - table dependency level calculated using information about foreign keys. If the table has no foreign keys - its DL is 0. Tables with DL 1 have foreign keys referenced only to tables with DL 0; tables with DL 2 depend on tables with DL 0 and 1, DL 3 depends on DLs 0, 1 and 2 and so on. This information can be used if you want to merge all tables one by one. If you import data - DL 0 must be processed first, then DL 1 and so on, otherwise you can get a foreign key violation error. If you delete data - this is an opposite case: you should process max DL first, for the same reason of possible constraint violation error. Note that DL not always can be calculated - tables may have circular references. See Table DL for more information.
- Total (left) and Total (right) - total record count
- New (left) and New (right) - new record count
- Changed - changed record count, calculated only for common table columns (which exists in both sides)
- Error - result calculation error, if any, may help to understand what was wrong (for example - timeout or missing permissions) and how this can be fixed
Tables without common key are compared just by row number.
Totals values are highlighted in red if they are different (so, changed records should not produce Total highlight). Changed records are also highlighted as red if Changed > 0. Unlike Total and New there is no Changed left and right, it is just a single value because if some record is changed then this change should be counted as +1 for both sides. New value is highlighted in green if it is > 0.
Free version limitations:
- The whole tab is not available
Last updated: 2023-10-05
