Elements with all change types are displayed in the Merged Result tree/list that is located at the top left of the Merge window.
You can filter the elements displayed in the Merged Results tree/list by type of changes. Use the Changes filter drop-down list to filter out a specific type of changes.
By default, the changes that are already in the Target are hidden from the MergewindowResult panel, meaning that only the changes from the Source are shown. If this filter is applied, the following notification appears:
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Apply the Equivalent Changes filter to reduce the number of changes needed to review in those cases when equivalent changes are made both in Target and Source.
Understanding element marking
When a change occurs on a single element, the ticks and crosses before element icon indicate the state of the change which can be either accepted or rejected.
Marking
Change state
Example
(green tick before the element icon)
Accepted
A new element had been created in one of the contributors and its addition was accepted.
(red cross before the element icon)
Rejected
A new element had been created in one of the contributors and its addition was rejected.
To understand the concept of change states, refer to Change states.
Elements with resolved conflicting changes are marked as shown in the following table. Owners of these elements are also marked.
Marking
Change applied by
Example
(red diamond on the lower-left corner of the element icon)
System
The element had a conflicting modification change which was resolved automatically.
(yellow diamond on the lower-left corner of the element icon)
User
The element had a conflicting modification change which was resolved by the user.
Recognizing addition changes
For the addition change description, refer to Addition change.
Added elements are highlighted in green background.
Recognizing deletion changes
For the deletion change description, refer to Deletion change.
Deleted elements are highlighted in red background.
For the movement change description, refer to Movement change.
Elements with movement changes are highlighted in the same blue background that is used to highlight modification changes. Since movement changes are some kind of modification changes. Icon of an element with movement changes is represented with an arrow symbol on the left.
You can navigate from the element original location to the new one (and vice versa) using the commands on the element shortcut menu.
Recognizing order changes
For the order change description, refer to Order change.
Elements with order changes are highlighted in the same blue background that is used to highlight modification changes, since order changes are some kind of modification changes. After accepting the change, all the elements in the collection are reordered so that it would be the same as in one of the contributors.
Recognizing elements with changed owned elements Elements whose owned elements (in any nesting level) have changes are highlighted using red diagonals.