Baseline Compare

Hi everyone, what i wonder when we use "File -> Baseline -> Compare...", does DOORS takes into account any change made in attributes or only it makes a comparison between object texts ? Thanks in advance. Kind Regards
SystemAdmin - Thu Apr 30 05:25:06 EDT 2009

Re: Baseline Compare
SystemAdmin - Thu Apr 30 06:02:25 EDT 2009

Well, I have thought that it compares all attributes, but:
  • DOORS Help does not have any information what changes are actually compared
  • on testing it seems that only "Object Heading" and "Object Text" is compared betwen baseline versions / current

There is a baseline comparison script in lib/dxl/examples called "baseline.dxl" maybe this is actually the same script as the encrypted compareBaseline.inc which DOORS calls though the compareBaseline.dxl from Compare menu function. This example script compares also only Object Heading and Object Text.

Re: Baseline Compare
ChrisAnnal - Thu Mar 24 09:35:08 EDT 2011

I stumbled across this discussion while looking for other information, but for what it's worth, I think the tool you're looking for can be found under the Tools > Compare Modules... menu.
Using that tool, you are allowed to pick a module from any baseline (including the current one) and compare it to another baselined version of that module. You can also pick which attributes you want to compare (in addition to the Object Heading / Object Text, which is compared automatically).
I hope this helps anyone else who stumbles across this discussion.

Chris Annal
SW Test Engineer / DOORS Database AdministratorSensis Corporation, East Syracuse, New Yorkchrisa@sensis.com