Comparison data can be viewed and saved through the Compare option in the Operations Center console.
The options for comparing elements are:
Comparing one element to another element
Comparing one element to the children of another element
Comparing the children of one element to the children of another element
If you do not see a Compare > To Element option in the right-click menu for an element, either no changes were made for which version tracking records data, or version tracking has not been properly configured.
To use the Compare option:
Right-click the element for which you want comparison data, then select Compare > To Element.
Select a number for the Set element depth for property comparison option.
This determines the number of levels of children in the hierarchy to include in the report. For example, you can compare two SQL servers and set the element depth to 2 or greater to see the differences between the children.
To compare children, select the Compare to children of target element (multiple compare) option.
For example, you can compare an SQL server to all the children in its sibling SQL server.
To display DNames in the report for all elements, click the Display distinguished names (DName) in report option.
This option is selected by default.
In the Choose element for property comparison box, select the element where you want to compare.
You can click the + to open the hierarchy to reveal more elements.
Click OK.
(Optional) Click Copy to Clipboard to save the data to the clipboard on your computer.
After the data is on the clipboard, you can paste the data into other software, such as Microsoft Word.
(Optional) Click Save As to save the data into a file, then do the following:
Select the location for saving the file.
Specify a file name with the appropriate extension, then click Save.
The file can be saved as XML (.xml) or HTML (.html).