Version Management is important part of any ABAP developer life. Version Management allows us to compare the different versions of a program and helps us to retrieve changes. It also allows us to compare the program in different system through remote comparison. This document helps the developer to understand the different views in version management.
There are three types of views in version management.
- 1) Single Column Format.
- 2) Parallel Display.
- 3) Display in split screen editor.
Menu Path:
- Utilities-->Versions-->Version Management.
Select the versions of programs which are to be compared and click on compare (F8) from application toolbar.
Select settings from the application tool bar in the next window.
Below window will be displayed where you can choose the version compare display settings.
Single Column Format:
This is the first version compare tool when the version management tool was launched. This is obsolete view and it is not convenient to check the difference in two programs. In this the differences are displayed line by line comparing two programs.
Parallel Display Format:
This is the updated version and currently being used extensively by many developers. In this the differences can be viewed parallel comparing two programs.
Display in split screen editor:
In this view both the programs which are being compared will be displayed in two parallel editors can be and navigated independently. The differences are marked with ‘Not Equal’ symbol in red color. In this we will have additional options like pretty printer, Where used list etc.
Switching back to Parallel Display Format
To switch back to other displays select utilities from Menu bar and then list display from versions.
- Utilities-->Versions-->List Display.