[AX2012] Compare objects between models-ww12345678 的部落格

SQL Makes everything better

When ever adding a new hot-fix or a new model from another source we need to compare the code touch points between that and existing code.

Ax makes that easy using the compare layers tool, however that only compares layers

So the other way is to go code upgrade and use those tools which may or may not work depending on your case (for example you put a 3rd part model and want to compare what var or cus or usr layer code you need to change)

This brings to writing x++ code or so in yummy SQL

Requirements:

Know what models have changed
Know what models will be affected / need to be compared

Know what models have changed

You know what hotfixes have been put in and there may be more than one. so note the numbers of the hotfixes or models that were added. Use the Get-AxModel command to get the models Ids for them

Know what models will be affected / need to be compared

You will probably need to know all the Models Id’s from the higher layers. So if you have a hotfix that you added then take a note of all model id’s that are a part of isv, isp, var, vap, cus, cup, usr, usp …. you know what i mean

The Fun begins with SQL

select et.ElementTypeName, et.TreeNodeName, med1.ParentHandle, med1.ElementHandle, me.* from ModelElementData med1
join ModelElement me
on ((me.ElementHandle = med1.ParentHandle and med1.ParentHandle <> 0)
or (med1.ParentHandle = 0 and me.ElementHandle = med1.ElementHandle))
join ElementTypes et
on et.ElementType = me.ElementType

where med1.ModelId in (<model ids changed in csv>)
and med1.ElementHandle in (select medisv.ElementHandle from ModelElementData medisv
where medisv.ModelId in (<model ids affected in csv>))
order by me.ElementType

That gives us a result set with main element type and the path to it.

Hopefully this gives an easier way to figure out what has changed and reduces your time. If this post does help you let me know, I am planning to invest in a query to further give more details about each element.

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