About setting CDV tool preferences

You can configure preferences (such as a Reports Directory) and parameters for resolving conflicts for the Configuration Data Versioning.

Before you can use the comparison tools, you must create version labels for the databases using the Applications Manager.

Conflict handling

You can enable conflict handling by selecting Conflict Handling for Version Deployment in Preferences. This is used to prevent overriding of any subsequent changes that occur on the target database.

For example, TaxPayerID has changed from “A” to “B” based on the audit information on the source database. However, on the target database the TaxPayerID has been changed from “A” to “C.” When the change is obtained from the source database and compared with the current value in the target database, the system will detect that the value is no longer “A” and present that to the user for validation.

There are three levels of enforcement: