Compare Website Scanner reports

Learn how to compare two scan runs of a website.

The reports comparison feature allows you to compare two scan runs of a website. Using this feature, you can effectively track the progress of accessibility compliance on your website.

Here is a screenshot of the comparison of the reports.

Important information available on Website Scanner comparisons

The following important details are presented in the summary tab of the report comparison:

• New issues: These are the issues present in the new scan that were absent in the base scan.
• Retained issues: These are the issues present in both the new scan and the base scan.
• Resolved issues: These are the issues present in the base scan but are absent in the new scan.
• Severity breakdown: The Severity breakdown widget visualizes a breakdown of the severity of new issues, retained issues, and resolved issues.
• Scan stability comparison: The Scan stability comparison widget visualizes the number of pages that were successfully scanned, redirected, or failed. You can get more context on the stability of the scan reports using this widget.

How to compare two website scan runs

You can compare two website scan runs in three ways:

• Compare any two scan runs: This is the most flexible method. When you want to compare scans that are not close in sequence, you need to use this method.
• Compare a specific scan run with another: This method can be used if you want to compare a scan run with other runs when you are already analyzing a scan run.
• Compare the latest scan run with the previous: This method provides a quick way to compare the latest run of a scan with its immediate previous run.

Compare any two scan runs

Follow these steps to compare any two scan runs:

1. On the Website Scanner page, select a scan from the Scan Summary.
2. On the Scan runs tab, select the checkboxes against any two scan runs you want to compare.
   
3. Click Compare.

Compare a specific scan run with another

When you are analyzing a specific scan run, if you want to quickly compare it with another run, perform these steps:

1. On the Website Scanner page, select a scan from the Scan Summary.
2. On the Scan runs tab, click a scan run to view the detailed report.
3. Click Compare.
   
4. Select any scan run from the list and click Compare.
   

Compare the latest scan run with the previous

Follow these steps to analyze the newest scan run with the previous run:

1. On the Website Scanner page, click the three-dots icon next to a scan.
2. Click View latest scan run to view a quick snapshot of the difference between the latest scan run and the previous run.
   
3. Click View detailed comparison to analyze the scans.
   

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