We've refreshed the LiveCompare 2.2 release - now build 192. The refresh contains a number of important bug fixes and our response to a recent Microsoft security alert. This build is recommended for all customers of LiveCompare running version 2.2. The...

In this post I'm going to look at the last component of LiveCompare's new Java support: impact analysis. Continuing the example of Calculators from last time, imagine that we dervie a custom calculator called FinancialCalculator. When a new version...

A while back I introduced the idea of Property Editor Features . They are add-ons to our existing property editors that make it easier to work with 'lookup' values. For example, the Object Status to Keep parameter on the Compare Hierarchy Objects...

One important aspect of LiveCompare's SAP analysis is the way it distinguishes between custom objects and standard SAP objects. LiveCompare uses a set of naming conventions based on object type to do this. In LiveCompare 2.2, we've enhanced the patterns...

LiveCompare ships with about 200 templates split across various categories. Often you'll find that when setting up a new workspace you'll need to copy half-a-dozen or more templates into the workspace. If you have a lot of workspaces you'll be familiar...

In this post I'm going to walk through a complete example using LiveCompare 2.2's new Java Impact Analylsis functionality. To begin we need some Java code. Here's a simple calculator class: /* V1 */ public class Calculator { public...

I've posted before about using capture groups in regular expressions and how they provide a powerful way to reduce runtime complexity. Another great use for capture groups is when what you really want returned is the value of the capture group. For example...

I covered this topic a little bit in this post . In LiveCompare 2.2, we're looking at changing the way we present the Attributes tab. For reference here's what the attributes look like for an AQSG object in LiveCompare 2.1: Two things to...

I'm very pleased to announce the general availability of LiveCompare 2.2. Followers of this blog will have a good idea of what's new and what's been improved. New product orders will be fulfilled with this release. Customers should start getting their...

I'm pleased to announce a refresh of the LiveCompare 2.2 GA release. This new release incorporates our latest work on SAP Enhancement Pack impact analysis. Existing customers will be getting shipment notices shortly and all new POCs, evaluations and orders...

External Data Sources (XDS) provide a way for LiveCompare to access non-SAP data. LiveCompare supports: Microsoft SQL Server, Access, Excel and plain text XDS specifications. Many LiveCompare templates reference XDSs and we usually use Access or Excel...

LiveCompare 2.1 expanded our support for the rich variety of objects that BI exposes. While this is good, what we see when exploring BI is that objects are connected to many other objects. The SAP Administrator Workbench provides a number of views through...