Choosing a merge strategy while working with dictionaries

PolyAnalyst provides its users with the opportunity to control the process of merging configuration vectors (collections of catalogs) starting from default values to individual projects.

To choose a merge strategy while working with dictionaries:

  1. Open the PolyAnalyst Analytical Client;

  2. Select User settings in the Settings menu;

  3. Select Default dictionaries in the Default project settings section on the left.

An alternative way is to open the Dictionary Manager and click the tick button in the upper toolbar:

dict click toolbar

You will see the following window:

dict merge strategy

There are three merge strategies available:

  • Append new collection items

  • Delete non-existing collection items

  • Update existing collection items

These strategies will be applied when the user logs in and/or opens a project.

If you check the respective checkboxes, new system dictionaries will be added on each server run, existing and changed system dictionaries will be updated, and non-existing system dictionaries will be deleted.