# Configuration Comparison and Reporting options

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuration-comparison-and-reporting-options/279195>\
**Category:** Elastic Security\
**Created:** [July 20, 2021, 5:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuration-comparison-and-reporting-options/279195 "2021-07-20T17:19:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![BionicSecurityMgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f9ae1b/32.png) [@BionicSecurityMgr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BionicSecurityMgr)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 5:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuration-comparison-and-reporting-options/279195/1 "2021-07-20T17:19:19Z")

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New to EndGame aka Elastic Endpoint Security (EES). Inherited an on-premise stack.

Question - does EES include a policy comparison or export function? My intention is to quickly compare policies by comparing the options inside the policies without having to open each policy and select each option and making manual notes.

If this comparison / reporting function is NOT present, does anyone know of a 3rd party utility that can perform it?

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**Author:** ![caitlinbetz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/caitlinbetz/32/74246_2.png) [@caitlinbetz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/caitlinbetz)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 4:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuration-comparison-and-reporting-options/279195/2 "2021-07-21T16:41:20Z")

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Hey @BionicSecurityMgr --  
Thanks for your question, and continued use of Elastic. Unfortunately - we currently do not have a built in ability to do a policy comparison. However, I have logged this as an enhancement request for the kibana security application. Thank you for the feedback!

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuration-comparison-and-reporting-options/279195/3 "2021-08-18T16:42:11Z")

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