Using the Consolidate Multiple Documents Window

Chapter 3 Basic Repository Tasks

Using the Consolidate Multiple Documents Window

The Consolidate Multiple Documents window allows you to add multiple documents to the repository and/or to consolidate changes to multiple repository documents:

You can arrive at this window in any of the following ways:

Right-click the workspace root, a folder, or multiple documents in the Local Browser and select Consolidate in the contextual menu.
Select Repository→Consolidate.
Press Ctrl+Alt+C

The following tools are available in this window:

Tool	Description
	Settings – Opens the Consolidate Document window (see Using the Consolidate Document window) for the selected document to allow you to specify how you want to consolidate it.
	Add Document - Opens the Consolidate Document window (see Using the Consolidate Document window) to allow you to select a document to add to the consolidation list.
	Add modified Documents in Workspace - adds all the documents modified in the workspace during the current session to the consolidation list.
	Add All Documents in Workspace - adds all the documents in the workspace (including closed documents) to the consolidation list.
	Add Related Document Versions – adds all documents related to the selected document through shortcuts or generation links to the consolidation list. This tool allows you to save the global environment of a document. When you consolidate PowerDesigner models related by shortcuts, the models containing objects to which shortcuts point are consolidated before the models containing the shortcuts.
	Delete – Removes the selected document from the consolidation list.
	Consolidation Options – Opens the Consolidation Options window to allow you to specify how individual changes will be consolidated.
	Move Up – Moves the selected document up in the list.
	Move Down - Moves the selected document down in the list.