Electronic file comparator
AssigneeAccenture Global Services Limited
InventorsGael GARANDEAU, Tanguy de Lignieres, Christophe Dagorn
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Abstract
The invention concerns a method of comparing by a comparator tool a pair of electronic data files each comprising a plurality of data elements, the method comprising: identifying at least one data element in each of said files; replacing the values of said at least one identified data elements in each of said files by a same reference value; comparing the files to detect differences between values of the data elements; and generating an output report indicating said differences.
Claims12
A method of comparing by a comparator tool a pair of electronic data files each comprising a plurality of data elements, the method comprising:
- identifying at least one data element in each of said files;
- replacing the values of said at least one identified data elements in each of said files by a same reference value;
- comparing the files to detect differences between values of the data elements;
- and
- generating an output report indicating said differences.
A comparator for determining differences between a pair of electronic data files each comprising a plurality of data elements, the comparator comprising:
- a filtering unit arranged to filter said pair of files by identifying at least one data element in each of said files and replacing the values of said at least one data elements in each of said files by a same reference value;
- and
- a comparison unit arranged to compare said filtered pair of files, to generate a report of the differences detected between said files, and to output said report.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.