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Compare snapshots
Application task

You can compare snapshots to review the changes made between two snapshot versions.
A snapshot is an image of the security configuration at a specific date and time. A snapshot consists of:

  • All securable objects: roles, duties, privileges, and entry points, with the related license type and access level.
  • The associations between the securable objects: user-role, role-duty, role-privilege, duty-privilege, and privilege-entry point.
On creation of a snapshot, a full compare is done with the previous snapshot version. So, if you compare two subsequent snapshots, the Compared field is already set to Yes.
You can also compare non-subsequent snapshot versions. If you do so for the first time, you can manually do a full compare or only compare selected records.


Standard procedure

1. Click Security audit.
2. Click the Snapshots tab.
3. Sub-task: Compare subsequent snapshots.
  3.1 In the list, find and select a snapshot.
  3.2 In the list, find and select the next snapshot.
  3.3 Click Compare.
 

Note: Loading the snapshot data can take some time.
  3.4 Compare the objects for each object type separately.
  In the Select security object type field, select an option.
  3.5 In the First snapshot pane, you can review the objects that are:
- Changed (marked in blue)
- Deleted (marked in red)
For each changed object, you can review the changes in the Differences pane.
  In the list, find and select a changed object (marked in blue).
 

Note: Click Show changes only to only have the changed, deleted, and added objects shown in the First snapshot grid and the Second snapshot grid.
  3.6 In the Second snapshot pane, you can review the objects that are added (marked in green).
4. Sub-task: Compare non-subsequent snapshots.
  4.1 You can also compare non-subsequent snapshot versions. If you do so for the first time, you can manually do a full compare or only compare selected records.
  In the First snapshot field, enter or select a snapshot.
  4.2 In the Second snapshot field, enter or select a snapshot. Select a snapshot version later than but not next to the First snapshot.
 

Note: If this is the first time that you compare these snapshots, in the first snapshot pane, the Compared field is empty.
  4.3 You can choose to only compare selected objects.
  In the First snapshot grid or in the Second snapshot grid, in the list, find and select the objects to be compared.
  4.4 Click Compare selected.
  4.5 You can also do a full compare. So, all objects of the selected snapshots are compared.
  Click Full compare.
 

Note: A full compare can take some time.
  4.6 Click OK.

Notes

If you have imported a snapshot from another D365 F&SCM environment, you can also compare a snapshot with the external snapshot. You can, for example, do this to improve cross-environment security consistency and for auditing purposes.

Related to Notes

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