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8 Differential Reporting
Differential reporting is a PhoneSweep feature that produces a report listing the differences between two
calling profiles. This is useful for ensuring that threats have been removed and identifying threats that
may have appeared since a previous sweep.
To generate a Differential Report, call up the Report Dialog box, either click the Report button in the
button bar at the top of the PhoneSweep window or select Report from the File menu to generate the
report. Then click on the Differential Report checkbox at the center right of the dialog box.
The Differential Report section of the Report Dialog box allows you to:
• Specify the two profiles to be compared.
• Select optional information to include in the differential report.
When you have made your desired selections, click the OK button. There will be a delay while the
differential report is generated.
8.1 What information is in a differential report?
The heading of the differential report lists the profiles being compared and shows settings of various
important parameters in each profile. The body of the differential report lists phone numbers for which
the results of the second scan (the “new profile”) differed from the results from the first scan (the “old
profile”), sorted by category. An example appears in Appendix H: A Sample Differential PhoneSweep
Report. The differential report will not include the information from a single-sweep report; varying the
options listed on the left side of the Report dialog box (except for the Display Report After Generating
checkbox) will not affect the content of the differential report.