Highlighting Changed Items

Use the Highlight changes command from the View menu to highlight view items where the corresponding schema entity has been added or changed. This enables you to keep your view definition in step with the development of your JADE system.

The Highlight changes command highlights types, features, and root collections in the reporting view where the equivalent JADE schema entity has changed since a specified date and time.

The date and time information for highlighting is saved between your JADE Report Writer sessions, but the JADE Report Writer Configuration application always starts with no highlighting applied.

To highlight changed items in your reporting view

1. Select the Highlight changes command from the View menu.

   The highlight changes dialog is then displayed. The name of the current view is displayed in the title bar.

2. Uncheck the No changes highlighted check box to highlight changes to the associated JADE schema entities in your reporting view. This check box is checked by default, meaning that by default, changes are not highlighted in your reporting view.

   The fields under the Highlight changes since caption are then enabled.

   The No changes highlighted check box remains unchecked as long as the current view is open or until it is explicitly checked again; that is, until you close and reopen the current view, or exit the JADE Report Writer Designer application and start it again, or you check the No changes highlighted check box.

3. To highlight changes from a specified date and time, enter a date and time in the Date and Time text boxes, respectively. Enter the time in 24-hour clock format. For convenience, the date and time you enter are stored with the corresponding field until they are changed.

4. Click the Close button to close the dialog and return to your reporting view.

   Types, features, and root collections that have been changed or added in the associated schema are highlighted in your reporting view on the Types & Features and Root Collections sheets by a yellow background.

   The date since the change was applied is displayed in the title bar for the appropriate pane.

   Highlighted changes correspond to modifications to items in your JADE schema. Some changes (for example. a change of item text) may not be relevant to your reporting view. It is your responsibility to determine the nature and effect, if any, of changes to your JADE schema on your reporting views and reports.