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Comparing product structures > Understanding product structure (BOM) comparisons > Performing a comparison and interpreting the results

Interpret comparison results

Teamcenter presents the results of the comparison in the following ways: In the structure trees Teamcenter highlights each of the lines in each Structure Manager pane that differ between the two structures. By default, additions in the target with respect to the source are highlighted in red and changes in quantity or revision are highlighted in orange. Your Teamcenter administrator can change these default colors by changing the PSEAdditionColorPref and PSEChangedColor preferences, respectively. To view details of the changes (for example, revision or quantity changes), examine the Changes column in the structure properties table. If this column is not visible, you can add it to the table. As a report Teamcenter displays an additional pane at the bottom of the window, listing the differences. You can select a line in the report to highlight the corresponding changed lines in the two Structure Manager panes. This helps you locate where in the structures the changes took place. The pane indicates the type of change: Added for additions, Qty for quantity changes, and Rev for revision changes. A comma-separated list appears if more than one change occurs on the same line. In single-level mode and lowest level mode, the reports are flat lists of differences. In multilevel mode, the report is an indented output showing the parent assemblies of any changed items.

Source: https://docs.sw.siemens.com/documentation/external/PL20251212545240207/en-US/tc_help/pse/xzq1737253370295/ljb1737253370394/usv1737253371432/under_comp_results.html · retrieved Sat Jul 11 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)