Comparing Config Files with XML Data Compare

Telephone Config Files

Configuration files generally include settings for the system they are designed for. At DeltaXignia we sometimes want to compare the config files for different telephones to ensure that they are all set up in the same way. These config files include records of calls in elements with names starting callrecord. We might want to compare two config files from different phones but we’re not interested in the call history. We want to reduce the noise from this information that is never going to match.

First Comparison

A comparison with an empty config file (but with output to a folding diff report) shows 49 differences:

FILE A

FILE B

Adjust the Config File to Ignore Differences

Using a config file that ignores all elements with name starting callrecord where there is a difference reduces the number of differences to just three:

The config file used to ignore the differences was this: