Advanced Options provide a choice of size for the baseline drift report.
The default choice is Full details, which generates a drift report that includes details of top-level files and all individual files associated with them. The other choice is Summary only, which generates reports that include details at the top (file group) level and shows details of individual files only when requested (that is, when you click the file group to get details). The following table shows some considerations in selecting an option.
Differences |
Summary Only Report |
Full Details Report |
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Level of Detail |
Initially reports results by file groups. Individual-file-level report is generated on demand when you click on a file group. |
Contains individual files |
Database size |
Small size in database |
Large size (approximately 10 times larger than Summary) |
Creation Speed |
Faster to generate |
Slower to generate |
Report Access Speed |
Slower to view |
Faster to view |
Compatibility with Dashboard |
Not suitable for graphing (portlets) and extensive analysis because it lacks file-level details such as threat, trust, and publisher/company |
Suitable for graphing and analysis by grouping, filtering, etc. |