Data compare Copy enhancement request

[Michael Bulgrien]

In a data compare:

It would be helpful if the Copy command from the right-click context menu worked as follows:

When a user right-clicks over a cell, only copy the text within that cell.
When a user right-clicks on the row number, copy the values in the entire row.

For multi-row selectons, it would be nice if it worked the same way (i.e. the user could copy a list of values within a specific column, or copy all columns of the selected rows) but I will understand if the Scooter team doesn't take it that far without reworking the data compare grid. Ideally, a user should be able to select a single cell or a group of cells in a single column so that the actual context of the selection matches the copy activity that takes place. I don't know why the data compare was developed with row-based selections only???

[Michael Bulgrien]

Scooter - Did the ability to copy the contents of one or more cells in a data compare make it onto the customer wish list?

[Erik]

Our next release (3.0.11) will include the following changes to the Data Compare:

• Copy will only include cells of selected rows that are visible. To only copy certain columns, hide all others before performing the copy.
• Row Details will allow you to position in a particular cell and Copy when focused there will only include the text for that cell.

[Michael Bulgrien]

Thank you. I look forward to trying it out.

[Michael Bulgrien]

Erik:

It was not intuitive for me to have to go into Row Details to copy a single cell. I had to come back to the forums and re-read your post to figure it out. Is there a reason why this could not be done in the body of the data compare (i.e. clicking a single cell selects that cell, and clicking on the margin/line number selects the entire row)?

[Tim]

This is an intermediate design as we work towards a r/w view. Eventually we will likely support ranged cell selections in the main view, and gutter selections for whole rows. But that might not happen for quite a while.

[Michael Bulgrien]

Thanks, Tim. This is a good work-around for the time being.