This dialog can be displayed from the View menu, it then shows the statistics for the whole document (note that it will finish the comparison before returning if it is not yet finished, for folders in particular). You can also get this dialog box in Folders view with the right-click menu, in this case the statistics concerns only the selected items.
The global statistics for Folder Comparison show the number of files for each status (unchanged, added, removed, changed) and for each couple of sources. "Changed files" category contains several data, one per handled file type, and one global. In Merge mode, this paragraph also contains the number of files to be merged manually, ie for which default rules cannot help in computing the result.
The sum "All files"
may be greater than the actual sum of the number per file type,
indeed, the files designated as different by metadata-based
rules (size, date...) are not open and their type is not
determined in order to accelerate the differentiation
process.
Ignored
files data are not displayed because Ellié Computing Merge
does not store it. Counting files in ignored folders would
require to list their content, the software does not take this
type of files into account, so as not to loose time doing such
an operation.
The Text Comparisons statistics contain 2 tables: one describing all the changes, one describing the changes involved in the conflicting areas (only in Merge mode). These tables show the number of blocks and lines of text for each status (unchanged, added, removed, changed, ignored) and for each couple of sources.
The Binary Comparisons statistics show the number of blocks and bytes of data for each status (unchanged, added, removed, changed, ignored) and for each couple of sources.
The Image Comparisons statistics show the number of pixels for each status (unchanged, similar, changed) and for each couple of sources. It also presents the differences in image dimensions.
You can save the Comparison Statistics tables as a basic HTML file.
You can get the same
Comparison Statistics, with a better display by generating HTML
reports. If you only wish to have the statistics of the
comparison, you can omit the "details" sections in the Text and
Folders reports options.
See also