Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel comparator

Prerequisite for a comparison of the documents is a licensed installation of Microsoft Excel on the octoplant server or a octoplant agent. The comparator for Microsoft Excel is integrated in the Excel component. If you want to create the Excel component, you will find it in the Microsoft directory.

Image: Create Component dialog, Microsoft Excel documents

The Excel comparator supports xls, xls?, xlt, xlt? and csv file formats. The question mark ? stands for all possible endings of the respective file format.

 

Key features and functions

Detailed comparison for all documents (version comparison)
Automatic detection of differences between changes in the document and the current version on the server (backup detail comparison, version and backup detail comparison)
Clear presentation of complete change history
Automatic backup in the form of jobs

 

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Last updated: 2 February 2022