Viewing differences between folders in baselines

Note:  The following information applies to viewing differences for folders in baselines. See Viewing differences between items in baselines for information about viewing issues, requirement, test cases, and test run differences, or Viewing differences between requirement documents in baselines for information about viewing document differences.

When you are comparing two baselines, you can view differences for a specific folder in the baselines. You can see detailed changes made between the baselines, such as changes to fields and release planning information.

1. Compare two baselines. See Viewing differences between baselines.

2. On the Baseline Differences page, click the folder to view differences for. You can also select the folder and click View.

The folder comparison page opens. Differences are displayed on the List and Details tabs.

3. To search for information, enter information in the search field. Matching information is displayed as you type.

4. To view the contents and details for one of the compared baselines, click the hyperlink with the baseline number. To view the baseline name, description, and date/time it was added, mouse over .

5. To view the folder without differences in one of the baselines, click View in Baseline #. See Viewing details for items in baselines.

List tab

The List tab displays the items in the folder in each baseline side by side for easy comparison. The Differences column shows the differences between the items in the compared baselines.

• To view differences for a specific item, click the summary or select the item and click View. The item differences are displayed. See Viewing differences between items in baselines for information about requirement differences.

• Change the Display Options to control which differences and items are displayed in the list.

• Show — Select the differences to display in the list. Click Select All to select all differences. If multiple differences types are selected, but you only want to display one type, mouse over the type to display and click . All other types are cleared. The number of items with each difference is displayed in parentheses.
• Item Types — Select the item types to display in the list. Click Select All to select all item types. You must select at least one type. If multiple item types are selected, but you only want to display one type, mouse over the type to display and click . All other item types are cleared.

• Row Spacing — To adjust the spacing of rows in the list, click a row spacing button.

Details tab

The Details tab displays the folder information and differences between the baselines.

A table shows areas in the folder with differences between the baselines, the number of each type of difference (changed, added, removed, and unchanged), and the total number of differences. Use this table to quickly determine the areas you need to review. Areas below the table display the specific differences information. Changed information is indicated in yellow, added information in green, and removed information in red. Click an area in the table to go directly to it.

Note:  Click an area title to expand or collapse the area. Click to expand all areas or to collapse expanded areas at the top of the page. You can also expand and collapse sections within some areas.

You can toggle to show all areas in the folder that have information (Showing all information) or only areas with differences (Showing differences only).

Areas

The following areas are displayed when viewing differences on the Details tab for a folder in a baseline. An area is only displayed if the folder contains information for the area and depending on if you are showing all information or only differences.

Changed information is indicated in yellow, added information in green, and removed information in red.

Text styles for added and removed information are controlled in the differences display options in the Helix ALM desktop client. By default, added information is green and bold. Removed information is red with a strikeout effect. See the desktop client help for information about changing the options.

Area	Displays:
Fields	Field names and values for the folder, and differences between the baselines. See Editing folder details for information about folder fields.
Release Planning	Calculated release effort for the folder when baseline was added and any differences. Only displayed if the folder has release planning enabled. See Entering release planning information for folders for information about the values.