Change Tracking

The change tracking screen is used throughout LandTracker to display changes. It allows a user to select which changes to apply and ignore in the database.

Note: The screens name is dynamic, it changes depending on the data being observed.

Layout of Window

Like an Asset Browser, the left section is the View Pane, the middle is the Data Grid, and the right is the Details Pane. A Toolbar is at the base of the window.

The toolbar at the bottom of the window has buttons unique to the change tracking window including:

Show All—Displays all data types updated in the view pane, including unchanged. When in this view, the Show Changes button is displayed in the toolbar.
Show Changes—Displays only data types with modifications in the view pane. When in this view the Show All button is displayed in the toolbar.
Tree View—Displays data as nodes in a tree-like format. When in this view the Grid View button is displayed in the toolbar.
Grid View—Displays all data types in the view pane with change count numbers. When a data type is selected, it populates the data grid. When in this view the Tree View button is displayed in the toolbar.
Audit Report—Export Changes to an excel workbook with audit results.

View Pane

Changes can be viewed in grid view and tree view. By default, the window opens in grid view, you can switch by clicking Tree View.

Grid View

When in grid view, the view pane is split into Data and Actions, beneath each are various action types and data types. These display updates according to changes that have been made. Select a data or action type by clicking it to display its details in the data grid.

Coloured numbers, referred to as change count numbers, next to action and data types represent the number of changes found for that type. The numbers can be clicked on to solely show those related records in the data grid. The colours are defined as:

Green—The number of rows added.
Red—The number of rows deleted.
Yellow—The number of modified rows.
Grey—The number of unchanged rows.

Note: A red square around a change count number indicates that at least one row has been marked as to not apply changes to.

Tree View

Important: The tree view feature is deprecated and is set to be removed in a future release. It is recommended that you view changes in Grid View.

When in tree view, all changes are displayed in a node list.

Show All displays a collapsed list of group types, Show Changes displays a list of changes.

Data Grid

When an action or data type is selected in the view pane, the data grid displays related data with a report header showing the number of rows and data type.

The columns displayed are dependent on which data type you are viewing.

Note: There are visual indicators in the data grid. Individual fields with changes are filled with colour. Coloured dots display in the Action column. The colours are defined as:

Green—Accept change.
Yellow—Do not change this time.
Red—Discard change always.

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