Oracle® Insurance Rules Palette
The Rules Palette allows for the comparison of the entities (i.e. business rules, segments, transactions, etc.) in one environment to those in another, and for the creation of reports that summarize these differences. The comparison of two environments may be needed in order to determine why one is behaving differently from another, among other reasons.
Two types of diff reports are available in the Rules Palette: summary diff reports and detail diff reports. This page explains detailed diff reports, which compare a single entity (e.g. a single transaction, business rule override or code name) across two environments. See the instructions below for information on creating and interpreting detailed diff reports.
The Detailed Diff Report window illustrates the specific differences between two of the same entity in two different environments. The top section of the screen displays information relating to the entity being compared—it's type, name, GUID, etc.—while the bottom section displays the XML for the entity in both environments, with visual highlights illustrating the exact differences.
If a section of configuration exists in the source environment, but not in the target environment, the section will be highlighted in red, with a line extending into the target environment XML indicating where the difference occurs.
XML that exists in the source environment, but not the target environment, highlighted in red
If a section of configuration exists in the target environment, but not in the source environment, this scenario will be reversed, and the XML section will be highlighted in green.
XML that exists in the target environment, but not the source environment, highlighted in green
If the two environments have the same sections of XML, but have differences within those sections, the sections will be highlighted in blue in both environments' XML.
An XML section that differs between environments highlighted in blue
The Detailed Diff Report window also gives users the ability to export the XML for the source environment and/or the target environment. To do so, click the Export Source or Export Target button at the bottom of the window. The XML will save as a .txt file by default.
The Compare To option is available on the following entity nodes:
Batch Screens
Inquiry Screens
Note: The Compare To option is not available for Plan or Segment program nodes.
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