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This Web Archiving Service video tutorial
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will show you how to compare
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your capture results.
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Comparing your capture results
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is beneficial because it allows you to see
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how the site that you are capturing
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has changed over time.
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Comparing captures is also beneficial
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if you have recently changed any capture settings.
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This will allow you to see
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how your changes are affecting your captures.
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There are two ways to access
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the "Compare Captures" information
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on the WAS website.
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One is to click on "View Captures."
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On the "View Captures" page,
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each site that has been captured multiple times
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will have a "Compare" link next to it.
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Clicking on the "Compare" link
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will take you a list of each capture for that site.
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The other way to access the "Compare Captures" information
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is to use the dropdown menu
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to go directly to the "Compare Captures" screen.
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A list of all of the sites with multiple captures
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will appear, and you may click
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on the "Compare Captures" link
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for the site of you choice.
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Again, a list will be displayed that
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shows each capture for that site.
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In order to compare two captures,
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simply select the boxes to the left
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of the capture date and click "Submit."
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The "Compare Captures" result page
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has a useful change summary at the top,
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where you can see how many files are
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changed, new, missing, and unchanged.
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In addition, you may use the tabs
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to view the files in each of these categories.
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Results are automatically listed by URL,
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but you choose to reorganize the list by file size.
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On the right hand side of the screen,
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you can choose to limit the results by file type.
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For example, you can choose the list of new files
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and narrow it to "pdfs"
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in order to view only those PDFs
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that are new since your last capture.
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This has been a tutorial
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on how to compare your capture results.
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Check out our additional tutorials
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on analyzing capture results
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and using the "Reports" tab
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to better understand your capture results.
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As always, if you have questions,
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feel free to contact us at washelp@ucop.edu.
