Working with selection rules

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When you update a project or directory, the update operation considers the candidates available for each object in the project, and compares their properties with the properties of the project, such as the platform, to select the most qualified candidate.

The selection rules analyze each candidate object version.

If multiple candidates are tied for the highest score, update selects the one with the latest creation time.

Note: Regardless of whether you build from the Rational Synergy GUI or CLI, use the Detect Membership Conflicts operation to detect parallel conflicts (as well as other conflicts). The Membership Conflicts dialog box will display parallel messages whenever multiple candidates are parallel.

This generally means that a developer forgot to merge his changes, or a selection property was not set to the right value on one of the parallel branches.

For help with conflict detection, see Finding conflicts.

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