Version Management

This section provides information on how to use the version management facility to perform multiple operations such as compare versions, modify metadata in Work-in-Progress context, and create snapshots.

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Compare Versions — Compare the content of two snapshots, a snapshot with production, or the contents of the Work in Progress environment with production.

• Compare Versions in Work In Progress Environment
• Ignoring Attributes in Version Comparison
• Generating Impact Statistics Report
• Publishing Compare Version Result
• Compare Versions in Production Environment

Work In Progress— Enterprise Data Intelligence Browser ingestion processes can be configured to populate the Work in Progress environment, before the updated metadata are moved into Production as a result of an approval workflow.

• Understanding Work in Progress Environment
• Work in Progress Modes
• Switching to the Work in Progress Environment
• Switching to the Work in Progress Context
• Working with Work in Progress Environment
• Marking the Work in Progress Environment for Review
• Reviewing and Modifying Work in Progress Content
• Committing Work in Progress Content to Production

Snapshots — Preserve the status of your metadata in production at a given point in time. This option creates a backup of selected Glossary data, business data, reference data, or technical metadata and archives it for comparison and reporting purposes.

• Using Snapshots
• Creating Snapshot Configurations
• Creating Snapshots
• Understanding Delta Snapshots
• Comparing Snapshots