Report comparison is available if you have saved revisions for a report. For every saved report revision, there is an archived report, stored according to the archiving option. The Domain Administrator defines an archiving option for each report.
When comparing reports, you can generate a comparison report to view the report fields in which the values are different.
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Report comparison is only available if the System Administrator has selected Audit trail options in the Domain Definition window for the current domain, and if the Domain Administrator has selected one of the options for saving revisions of the specified report in the Report Management dialog in the Administration module.
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Report comparison of an item in a claimed project with the same item in As-Built is only available if the Domain Administrator has selected one of the options for Archiving option under Activities, Report Management in the Administration module for both As-Built and the project for the report.
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The Audit trail options will not retrieve Change Log data for updates in Index and Wiring supporting tables as these are not recorded to the database.
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For enhanced reports, you must perform revisions from the Enhanced Report Utility or use the Global Revisions options, if you want them to be archived for performing report comparison.
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You cannot perform report comparison for PowerSoft browsers.
Using report comparison, you can do the following:
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Compare the currently previewed report with an archived report. For details, see Compare the Current Report with an Archived Report.
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Compare two archived reports. For details, see Compare Archived Reports.