Running Change Reports

A change report shows all modifications made to each configuration file over a specific time period. Change reports can show you changes made during a specific date range, or all differences between the latest downloaded configuration file and the baseline configuration file.

To run a config change report:

1. Click Configs > Config Change Report.

2. Select the type of change report to generate:

Compare most recent download to the last baseline config

Displays all differences between the most recent baseline and the latest downloaded configuration file.

Compare the most recent download to the configuration on date

Displays all differences between the most recent downloaded configuration file and a configuration file from the specified date.

Note: If no configuration file was downloaded on the specified date, the configuration file following that date is used.

Show changes made over the past ## days

Displays all changes made over the specified number of days.

Show changes made between dates

Displays all the changes made through the specified date range.

3. If you want the config change report to ignore specific changes, complete the following procedure:

a. Click Edit Comparison Criteria.

b. Check the appropriate exclusions.

c. If you want to create a new exclusion, see “Creating New Config Change Report Exclusions”.

d. Click Done.

4. If you want to see detailed changes between each configuration file, click , and then check Show detailed changes. This shows each change from one configuration file to the next. For example, if there were 14 configuration changes made during a specific date range, the report will show the differences in the first configuration file as compared to the second configuration, and then show the differences in the second configuration file as compared to the third, and so on.

5. Click Generate Report.

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