Compare current to very old version

I am trying to compare the version of a file in the workarea to the content about 40 versions ago. The TeamSite UI (View->History in 5.5.2 WebDesk Pro) only shows me the latest 20 revisions, and while there is a "see next revisions" there is no "see all revisions" so I can't figure out how to select the current and old revisions for comparison. Selecting just the old revision and selecting Source Diff, it tells me that I must select two revisions. There has to be something obvious here that I'm missing. Other than hacking together a URL, iwrlog, checkout and offline compare, etc. what's the solution for comparing versions more than 20 submits apart through the UI?

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nipper

Hmmm, if you can find the appropriate hidden Edition, then you can compare the 2 editions. Still is a pain
in the a$$ but the best choice I can think of.

Andy

Frederik

how about changing this property through iw.cfg

## limit the number of revisions shown in a single window
## when viewing history. Default is 20.
view_history_limit=20

or you could do a "revert" to the old version in your workarea, and then compare (that is, if the current version is a submitted version, so you don't mind overwriting it with the very old version). After you finish comparing, you wipe out the very old version with a getLatest (overwrite=on).

grts, Fred

Migrateduser

Neither of these is a good option for me. Shouldn't it be possible through the default UI?

Adam Stoller

There should probably be a "show all" link in the UI - but there isn't... file a feature request?

--fish
Senior Consultant, Quotient Inc.
http://www.quotient-inc.com

Migrateduser

> There should probably be a "show all" link in the UI - but there isn't... file a feature request?

I'm not a customer - can someone file this for me? I would file it as a bug though as required functionality is not available. Not that I would expect any response, and certainly not by the time I need this (right now).

smenon

There are two aspects to controlling file version listing. The TeamSite server controls how far back in history you want the server to traverse and by default that is set to 20 (and this is configurable in iw.cfg as pointed out). The other aspect has to do with how you want the file version list to be displayed in the UI and currently, the file version list is controlled by the pagedlist value that is defined for file lists (and this is set to 100 by default). The reason you are only seeing 20 in your list is because the server returned only 20 file versions and if you change that value (I guess 40+ in your case), you should the entire file version history.

thanks

--Sunil Menon
Product Manager
Interwoven, Inc.

Migrateduser

> if you change that

Thanks but if I change that, won't it affect a variety of pagedlist views, which would have a negative effect on performance? I agree with Fish - a "show all revisions" link would be appropriate. Any number I would configure in iw.cfg would be arbitrary.

smenon

The change that you need to make is in iw.cfg and that does not affect any of the other paged list views.. If you want to change the file listing pagedlist value in the UI, then I agree that it does affect other file lists. In your case since the default file list value for the UI is 100, you should be OK if you just change the value for file versions in iw.cfg.

thanks

--Sunil Menon
Product Manager
Interwoven, Inc.

Migrateduser

Thanks, I'll give it a try, but I still think the link is appropriate as any number is arbitrary (I understand the need for a number but there should be an option to ignore it).

smenon

I apologize for the slight error in my previous statement. I did not realize that you were on 5.5.2. In any case, the Teamsite server does not actualy restrict you on how many versions to show. The server returns the entire list and it is up to the UI to determine how many to display and how to paginate that list. The view_file_history parameter in iw.cfg controls how many file versions are displayed by the View File History CGI in Webdesk Pro. The note about using the file pagedlist value is not applicable for 5.5.2 as it is relevant to the 6.x UI.

In your case, setting view_file_history to a large number such as 50 or 100 should enable the WebDesk Pro UI to display more than the 20 versions you are currently seeing.

thanks

--Sunil Menon
Product Manager
Interwoven, Inc.