# Guide: Project Compare

**URL:** <https://community.br-automation.com/t/guide-project-compare/3755>\
**Category:** How-To & Wikis\
**Tags:** automation-studio\
**Created:** [July 11, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.br-automation.com/t/guide-project-compare/3755 "2024-07-11T15:54:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![michael.bertsch](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/brcommunity/user_avatar/community.br-automation.com/michael.bertsch/32/239_2.png) [@michael.bertsch](https://community.br-automation.com/u/michael.bertsch)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.br-automation.com/t/guide-project-compare/3755/1 "2024-07-11T15:54:42Z")

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1. Introduction
2. Offline Compare between two Projects
3. Online Compare with Target

**1. Introduction**

If you want to compare two Projects you can use the Automation Studio Compare Source File Function. Right-Click to an element you want to compare and select a local compareable element.  
I used this to make a code review between two Versions. In this way it was easy to have a fast overview about the Changes in an known environment.

**2. Offline Compare between two Projects**

_ **Logical View** _

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/brcommunity/original/2X/7/7890d578a8a56594de6b1402a5fa899d67a0ea1c.png)

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/brcommunity/original/2X/9/9c9cfd18b02998abb0563de76e1d17aeb11e5613.png)

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/brcommunity/original/2X/4/465b441c7e0de5357415082fafb86d6cc5ba17ea.png)

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/brcommunity/original/2X/c/c071e9b090ccf931ad1f0916768d6eddb33588cb.png)

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_ **Configuration View** _

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/brcommunity/original/2X/3/3daef1b48c4bc99ac15b8997539051625d84c216.png)

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/brcommunity/original/2X/0/0dfa931692b1108396c03dfe1a39ab40b7e279ec.png)

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/brcommunity/original/2X/7/75b916cf66c9e620032c032617155e20e9c9b185.png)

**3. Online Compare with Target**

If you want to compare your current Project with the Files on the PLC you have to enable this option via this setting. For security reasons a Encryption is recomended.

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/brcommunity/original/2X/3/3f6b5b285738a0dffbe7e4d34ea051f203167702.png)

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/brcommunity/original/2X/5/5d4cf0e25fcea463a878cb8e543e805137b0ff06.png)

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/brcommunity/original/2X/3/3659ec0b4dfa433a1745e1c3d0e6b6642e895b89.png)

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/brcommunity/original/2X/8/8c94cea96a8d9c6b8b3f8dd15a5985ca58a9e2ce.png)

Greetings  
Michael

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**Author:** ![kovarj](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/brcommunity/user_avatar/community.br-automation.com/kovarj/32/537_2.png) [@kovarj](https://community.br-automation.com/u/kovarj)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2024, 5:32am UTC](https://community.br-automation.com/t/guide-project-compare/3755/2 "2024-07-12T05:32:51Z")

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thanks @michael.bertsch