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Conflict Analysis Report

A Conflict Analysis Report shows any other Universal Policies that have the same settings as this Universal Policy but have one or more values on that setting that differ. Universal Policies with identical settings do not appear in this report. This feature is helpful to clean up and consolidate policies.

To identify policy conflicts:

  1. Navigate to the Universal Policies tab.
  2. Select a Universal Policy.
  3. Click Conflicts in the Reports section.
  4. View (and Search) the conflicts (if any exist)
  5. Click Share Report to print or save the list of conflicts events to a pdf.

To Search Specific Settings in the Conflict Analysis Report in the Web Console:

  1. Navigate to the Universal Policies tab.
  2. Select a Universal Policy.
  3. Click Conflicts in the Reports section.
  4. In the Conflict Analysis Report tab, navigate to the search bar.
  5. Click on the search bar to activate it.
  6. Type in the keyword or setting name you are looking for.
  7. Press Enter or click on the search icon to initiate the search.
  8. Review the search results to find the relevant setting (The keywords are highlighted).

To Share Conflict Analysis Report in the Web Console:

  1. Navigate to the Universal Policies tab.
  2. Select a Universal Policy.
  3. Click Conflicts in the Reports section.
  4. In the Conflict Analysis Report tab, click on the Share Report icon, a print dialog box will appear.
  5. Choose Save as PDF or select the PDF printer option from the list of available printers.
  6. Click the Print or Save button. A new dialog box will prompt you to choose the destination where you want to save the PDF file.
  7. Select the desired location on your device and enter a file name for the PDF.
  8. Click Save to generate the report as a PDF file.

Setting Uniqueness For Conflicts

To effectively view and use conflict reports, it is important to understand the significance of each setting type to differentiate between uniqueness and identical settings.

Registry Based Settings

SettingsSpecifications
RegistryHive, Key, and ValueName

Preference Settings

SettingsSpecifications
Environment Variable PreferencesAction, VariableName, PathValue
File PreferencesAction, SourceFile, DestinationFile
Folder PreferencesAction, PathValue
IniFile Preferences Action, Path, Section, Property
Registry PreferencesAction, Hive, Key, ValueName
Registry Collection PreferencesName
Shortcut PreferencesAction, Location, TargetPath, TargetType, Arguments
DataSource PreferencesAction, DSN, UserDSN, Driver
Device PreferencesDeviceClass, DeviceType
Folder Option FileType PreferencesFileExt
Folder Option Global PreferencesAlways unique
Folder Option Vista PreferencesAlways unique
Folder Option OpenWith PreferencesAction, FileExtension
Local Group PreferencesAction, GroupName
Local User PreferencesAction, UserName
Network DialUp PreferencesAction, ConnectionName
Network VPN PreferencesAction, ConnectionName
Power Power Options PreferencesAlways Unique
Power Power Scheme PreferencesAction, Name, PowerScheme
Power Power Plan PreferencesName, NameGuid
Printer Local PreferencesAction, Name
Printer Port PreferencesAction, IPAddress
Printer Shared PreferencesAction, Path
Task TriggerType
Task Scheduled PreferencesAction, TaskName, AppName, Args
Task Immediate PreferencesTaskName, AppName, Args
Time TriggerType
Daily TriggerType, DaysInterval
Weekly TriggerType, WeeksInterval
Monthly TriggerType, MonthsOfYear, DaysOfMonth
MonthlyDOW TriggerType, MonthsOfYear, DaysOfWeek, WeeksOfMonth
Event TriggerType, EventLog, EventSource, EventId
Idle TriggerType
Logon TriggerType, UserID
Boot TriggerType
Registration TriggerType
Session State Change TriggerType, UserID, GroupID
Run Program ActionAction, Program, Arguments
Send Email ActionAction, To, From, Subject
Display Message ActionAction, Title
Task Scheduled V2 PreferencesAction, TaskName, Actions
Task Immediate V2 PreferencesAction, TaskName, Actions
Network Share PreferencesAction, ShareName (if action is delete), Path (if action not delete)
Services PreferencesServiceName
Drive PreferencesAction, Drive Letter
Regional Options PreferencesLocaleId
Start Menu PreferencesAlways Unique
Start Menu Vista PreferencesAlways Unique
IE PreferencesAlways Unique
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