4.2 Creating a Baseline Comparison

Comparison data can be viewed and saved through the Compare option in the Operations Center console.

If you do not see a Compare > To Baseline option in the right-click menu for an element, either there were no changes were made to the data that version tracking records, or version tracking has not been properly configured.

  1. In the Operations Center console, right-click the element for which you want comparison data, then select Compare > To Baseline to open the Compare to Baseline dialog box.

  2. Select the baseline date, then either select to compare it to the current configuration, or select a date for comparison.

  3. Click Display to show the relevant comparison data.

  4. Click the + next to an element to open additional lines of data.

  5. (Optional) Click Save As to save the data into a file, then do the following:

    1. Select the location for saving the file.

    2. Specify a file name with the appropriate extension.

      The file can be saved as text (.txt), XML (.xml), or HTML (.html).

    3. Click Save.