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Compare Snapshots (Advanced View)

You can compare two or more snapshots, milestones, or Standard CIs.

To compare snapshots, milestones, or Standard CIs in Advanced view

1. Select a CI and navigate to its CI Detail page.
2. Click the Versioning tab, and click Advanced.

   Advanced Selection displays the CI.

3. Navigate the folder hierarchy to the value you want to use for the snapshot comparison.
4. Select a value for each snapshot comparison.

   The comparison for the CI displays; for example, snapshot comparison based on the folder values selected.

   The comparison view displays the following results:

   • A column is displays how the snapshots or milestones differ.
   • Each row displays the attribute values for the selected snapshots.
   • Only attributes with differences are displayed. Date is always displayed unless snapshots are identical.
   • Standard CI comparisons are not time-specific, so their Date fields are set to say Standard CI.
   • Comparison results can be printed or exported to a CSV file.

Note: In Advanced view, two CIs can have a relationship with no relationship type assigned (for example, CIs created by CA NSM). Such relationship nodes are identified as (blank).