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Comparing Requirements and Revisions
Overview
The comparison features of EaseRequirements provide a way to compare the values of corresponding fields of different revisions of a requirement, as well as the values of corresponding fields of different requirements. In certain cases, it also provides a way to overwrite fields from past revisions or from different requirements.
The comparison features are accessed from different parts of the EaseRequirements user interface:
In the Revisions section of the detail view of a requirement, two revisions of the same requirement can be selected for comparison.
In the Linked issues section of the detail view of a requirement, a linked requirement can be selected for comparison.
In the EaseRequirements “hamburger” menu, the entry Issue Comparison provides access to the Issue Comparison page in which two different issues can be selected for comparison.
In the Jira Requirements dropdown menu, the entry Issue Comparison provides access to the Issue Comparison page in which two different issues can be selected for comparison.
- 1 Overview
- 2 User Interface
- 3 Operations
- 3.1 Compare different revisions of the same requirement
- 3.2 Compare the current state of a requirement with that of a linked requirement
- 3.3 Overwrite the current value of a field with the value of a revision
- 3.4 Compare revisions of different requirements
- 3.5 Overwrite the current value of a field with the value of a revision of a different requirement
- 4 Options
- 4.1 Display Fields
- 4.2 Show all fields
- 4.3 Show suspects only
- 4.4 Show changes only
- 4.5 Visual
User Interface
The Revision Comparison dialog shows two revisions of one requirement or two revisions of two different requirements, with the values of the corresponding fields displayed side by side, allowing the differences between the values to be easily viewed. Display options are available to configure the view as desired. For example, there is an option to display only fields with different values. An arrow placed between requirements can be used to copy values between different revisions of requirements.
Textual differences between values are shown using red and green highlighting:
Deleted text is highlighted in red.
Added text is highlighted in green.
Replacements are shown as a combination of red highlighted text (the old value) followed by green highlighted text (the new value).
The display of textual differences is disabled for RTE fields when using this option.
Images are displayed with a placeholder for past revisions and baselined revisions, since Jira does not track attachment history.
Operations
Purpose | Action |
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Compare different revisions of the same requirement |
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Compare the current state of a requirement with that of a linked requirement |
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Overwrite the current value of a field with the value of a revision |
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Compare revisions of different requirements |
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Overwrite the current value of a field with the value of a revision of a different requirement |
If the current revisions of both requirements are selected, the values can be copied in either direction. |
Options
Display Fields | Use this dialog to select the desired fields for comparison. Select Reset to return the selection of fields to the default. The selection is not retained after closing the tool. |
Show all fields | Return the selection of display fields to the default. This option has the same effect as selecting Reset in the Display Fields dialog. |
Show suspects only | Filter revisions with suspect mark only. This toggle is enabled only when both the left and right issues being compared contain field updates that triggered a suspect mark. |
Show changes only | Select this option to hide fields that have the same value. |
Visual | Select this option to render wiki markup. |