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View and Compare two different processes

pranavred — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 22:48:00 GMT

Well, a mistake from my end, where I created two versions of a process. I want to compare two different processes side by side. Is there any way we could do this?

Process A - Few changes
Process B - Different set of changes

I tried the following
1. Tried to save Process B as Process A. But Blue Prism doesn't allow saving as a process name which already exists.
2. Exported Process B and changed its name in XML, and file name to Process A. When I import it back into Blue Prism, it overwrites Process B, but not Process A (if it overwrites Process A, I can compare both the processes by right click View/Compare option)

Any thoughts/suggestions/hacks?

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Pranav
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RE: View and Compare two different processes

sumire — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 01:50:00 GMT

1. export processes as xml files
2. diff 2 files as text

This is much more cumbersome than using process comparison function, but better than nothing.

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Mitsuko
Asia/Tokyo
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RE: View and Compare two different processes

SiobhanClark — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 09:11:00 GMT

Hi Pranav,

Have you tried the compare function in BluePrism? You can compare any two versions of the same process ie: the last two versions or the 1st version vs the 4th version for example.

All you need to do to do this is select the two versions which you want to compare in the 'version history' view in studio, then right click and go to 'compare' in the menu. You can then view all your changes as highlighted to you by BluePrism. You can also view most actions, data items, calculation stages etc.

Hope that helps!

Siobhan.

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Siobhan Clark
Senior RPA Developer
Edinburgh
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RE: View and Compare two different processes

david.l.morris — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 11:50:00 GMT

When you edited the XML of Process B, did you remove the Preferred ID element (it's called something like that)? I don't remember if I've tried it specifically like that but to ensure that BP overwrites the correct one, you can just delete the Preferred ID and then it should use the name to compare only. Then you should be able to use View/Compare as you mentioned.

Also note that when comparing this way, there are some differences that are not reflected. It could have been updated since I last tested this, but I found that differences such as stage logging and other settings will not be shown when doing the compare. The only true way to see the exact differences is to do an XML compare. I usually do this with the Compare add-in in Notepad++.

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Dave Morris
3Ci @ Southern Company
Atlanta, GA
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RE: View and Compare two different processes

JeroenOosterhol — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 11:59:00 GMT

You can also compare two different processes. If you press a Group in the studio, select two processes from the process list on the right and then right click -> Compare

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Jeroen Oosterholt
Automation Designer
DHL
Maastricht
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RE: View and Compare two different processes

david.l.morris — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 12:07:00 GMT

Wow, I've never noticed that before. Nice. @pranavred I think Jeroen's answer is what you want.

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Dave Morris
3Ci @ Southern Company
Atlanta, GA
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RE: View and Compare two different processes

pranavred — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 14:11:00 GMT

Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks @JeroenOosterhol

Thank you all!

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Pranav
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