Searching artifact duplicates in DNG project
Hi everybody,
I have a question about searching duplicated artifact in DNG project.
Are there exists any methods or best practicies how to find duplicates?
For example, we have a thousands artifacts in one project and a lot of people are working with these artifacts. So, there is exist human factor that users can create the similar or identical artifacts.
So, we need to search (and then delete artifacts) in the following similar cases:
1) there are exists two identical artifacts, that have identical text, attributes and links to another artifacts. But, of course they have different ID.
2) there are exist two artifacts that have the similar text (not identical), possible identical attributes and linked to one parent requirement (or another type of link). So, we need to leave only one requirement, because the another duplicate the one.
Are there exists any technical functionality in DNG 6.0.1 to solve this problem? Also what the best practicies that used in world about this question?
Thank you in advance!
I have a question about searching duplicated artifact in DNG project.
Are there exists any methods or best practicies how to find duplicates?
For example, we have a thousands artifacts in one project and a lot of people are working with these artifacts. So, there is exist human factor that users can create the similar or identical artifacts.
So, we need to search (and then delete artifacts) in the following similar cases:
1) there are exists two identical artifacts, that have identical text, attributes and links to another artifacts. But, of course they have different ID.
2) there are exist two artifacts that have the similar text (not identical), possible identical attributes and linked to one parent requirement (or another type of link). So, we need to leave only one requirement, because the another duplicate the one.
Are there exists any technical functionality in DNG 6.0.1 to solve this problem? Also what the best practicies that used in world about this question?
Thank you in advance!
Comments
Donald Nong
Feb 01 '16, 12:31 a.m.I don't know of any such methods, but would like to explore a bit on this topic.
Why do you want to get rid of, or avoid duplicate artifacts? They can appear naturally, and reasonably during normal operation, such as importing a Word document. Also, if two artifacts "look" the same, but are located in different folders, do you consider them as duplicate?
Roman Naumov
Feb 01 '16, 2:02 a.m.We need the method for control of these duplicates. Anyway, for analysis of these information we need to collect any information about possible duplicates and then make a decision what we will do with these duplicates.