10.5 Filtering a Delta Report

Available only in the Windows console.

When comparing policy templates, you can specify whether the delta report includes added, modified, deleted, or unchanged data. Alternatively, if you compare endpoints, you can specify whether you want to include data that is the same or different between the endpoints. You can apply this filter when generating a report and when viewing a completed report. For example, you might want a delta report to include all differences compared to the base report but print the delta report with the added data only.

NOTE:

  • Filters apply at the data level only. The delta comparison function cannot compare changes made to a check, such as modifications to attribute criteria. To determine if a check has been modified, review the Audit History log.

  • Some operating systems might interpret modifications as additions and deletions. For example, if you modify the user name ADMINISTRATOR to ADMIN, the system reports that ADMINISTRATOR was deleted and ADMIN was added. To ensure that similar changes are included in the delta report, you might want to enable the Added and Deleted options.

  • The report displays a message when data results do not match the chosen filters.

To filter a delta report:

  1. (Conditional) To generate a new delta report, complete the following steps:

    1. Follow the instructions in the Delta Comparison wizard.

    2. In the Report Options window, click the Layout tab.

    3. Specify the filters you want to apply to the data.

    4. Click Finish.

    5. Follow the remaining instructions in the wizard.

  2. (Conditional) To view a delta report, complete the following steps:

    1. Click the Full Report tab.

    2. Click Full Report Options.

    3. On the Report Options window, click the Layout tab.

    4. Specify the filters you want to apply to the data.

    5. Click Finish.

  3. (Optional) To distribute the filtered delta report to a folder, file share, or email recipient, see Distributing Delta Reports to a File Share or Folder and Distributing Delta Reports to an Email Recipient.