Data Compare

[madhu73]

Hi

I am trying to use Data Compare to compare 2 csv files.
I wish to know if there is a way to view differences

1. in main view to show only columns which have differences i.e if no cells in column is diff between 2 files , dotn show it or hide it in "not equal view"

2. in Data Compare report - report only columns which are different.

I used to have a my own tool some time back which would use a key column on both rows and spit out differences in column data only for those is following format :

Key1,Col1,val1,val2
Key1,Col2,val3,val4
Key2,Col1,val5,val6

one could easily use such docs for QA acceptance signoffs.

Pls let me know if this is something doable with this awesome tool . If somethign close is available, it will be appriacited.

Madhukar

[Zoë]

Use the View menu's "Columns..." command to open a new dialog controlling column visibility. Any columns with differences will be red, and you can use the "Only Mark Different" button to make only those ones visible.

The data compare report uses the same column visibility that the GUI has, so once you do the above your reports will show the same columns.