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Viewing the Results of Change Detection and Compare Operations

The results of Server Change Detection, Service Change Detection, Compare Servers, and Compare Service operations are all displayed in the same interface. The results are shown in a multi-tab window that contains the following tabs:

• Summary—Shows the server name and whether the Change Detection or Compare operation was performed on the server or service's current data or a snapshot, the target (snapshot or current data), the result (differences found or not found), and the total number of differences found.
• Summary by Weight—Shows the number of changes for the following color-coded weights: Low, Medium, and High.

  You can display the Summary by Weight in either a graphical chart or a table view.

• Summary by Category—Shows the number of changes by category.

  You can display the Summary by Category in either a graphical chart or a table view.

• Tree—Shows the results in a hierarchical tree view. If there are less than 20 components, the tree view is automatically expanded to the component level, otherwise you must expand the tree to see the components.

  Color-coded icons next to an item in the tree view indicate that a difference was found between the source and target. CA Configuration Automation displays a legend to the right of the tree that states what the following color-coded indicators mean:

  		Element has different values in the source and target
  		Element exists only in the source
  		Element exists only in the target
  		Element is not different, but a child of the element is different

  • Right-click the server or service name and select Expand All to expand all nodes of the tree.
  • Expand the tree until you find the element that is different, or click to expand all children of the element.
  • Click an element with one of the aforementioned color-coded icons.

    The details about the element appear in the details pane.

    If the element exists in both the source and target and the values are different, the details pane highlights the differences in yellow and displays the value for the source and target elements.

• Flat Table—Shows the results in a table that contains the following columns: Select, Server, Type of Change, Software, Parameters, Manage Files, Managed Data, Configuration Files, Configuration Executables, Configuration Data, and Registry.
  • Click the server name in the Server column to display details of the changes on that server.
  • Click the option button in the Select column and select Print or Export to Excel from the Table Action drop-down list.