About baseline

A baseline is a reference data. You use the baseline feature to compare the asset data with a previous reference data or a previous reference job. In the Control Compliance Suite, when you run a baseline job, the records in the newer dataset are compared against the records in the older dataset.

Baselines let you compare the assets either with an asset that is marked as baseline or with a job-run that is marked as baseline.

Control Compliance Suite supports the following types of baselines:

Asset-based baseline

Control Compliance Suite lets you mark an asset as a baseline. You collect the data for an asset and use that data as a baseline to compare or monitor the assets in the further job runs.

The asset-based baseline lets you compare multiple assets of the same type with a single reference asset periodically.

Job-based baseline

Control Compliance Suite lets you mark the entire data that is collected by the baseline job as a baseline.

The job-based baseline serves the purpose of monitoring the same set of assets. When you create a baseline job and select a job-based baseline to compare against, the entire result data for the baseline job is compared.

More Information

Creating a baseline job

Viewing the comparison results in the Baselines view