What is the Difference between local and shared object repository (OR) in QTP?

Object repository is used to store the test object and its properties/values. There are 2 types of Object Repositories.

1. Local
2. Shared

Difference between local and shared OR

1. Local OR is used by only one action in Test While Shared OR can be used by multiple actions and tests
2. Local OR can be edited without OR manager While shared OR can be edited by using only OR manager
3. We can not merge 2 local OR but we can merge 2 shared ORs using OR manager
4. We can not compare 2 local OR but we can compare 2 shared ORs using OR manager
5. We can associate/disassociate the shared OR to test at run time but Local OR is associated to test at anytime by default.
6. Extension of the shared OR is .tsr while Local OR is .mtr
7. When we export the Local OR, shared OR is created.

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7. Repositories Collection object in QTP.
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