The comparison tool can be used to create STEPXML to modify and add relevant configuration. It will not delete or modify configuration that is already in use within STEP. It will also not make updates that require user input.
Listed below are the configurations within STEP that cannot be updated using this tool:
- Cannot change a list of value unless it has a non auto-generated ID
- If attributes have been merging on the source system the redundant attribute on the target system will need to be manually removed
- If List of values have been merged on the source system these redundant values will need to be removed / merged on the target system
- Swapping attribute ids
- Cannot change an attribute from internal to externally maintained as this requires user input –i.e., where to take the values from Main / Approved workspace
- Cannot remove dimension dependencies as this requires user input to determine which values to keep after removing the dependency
- Remove Workspaces – manual task
- Cannot change an attribute to have LOV validation or not to use LOV validation
- Cannot change reference types to / from being externally maintained as this requires user input
- Cannot change classification-product link type to / from being externally maintained as this requires user input
- Cannot change "Owns Product Links" setting on classification object type
- Cannot change Revisability of an entity object type