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User Guide
Information and resources about the main features of Guardian, and the tasks that you can do from the user interface (UI).
Time machine
Time machine
Time machine lets you load a snapshot, which is a previously saved state, and go back in time, to analyze the data from a past situation. You can load a single snapshot and use the platform as usual or load two snapshots and compare the user interface to highlight changes.
Time machine diffs
You can use time machine to view diffs between historical snapshots, or an historical snapshot and the current live view.

Guardian
- Introduction
  An overview of Guardian.
- Installation Guide
  Information and resources on how to install Guardian, and the different options and settings that are available.
- Administrator Guide
  Information and resources about the Administration section of Guardian, and the tasks that you can do in this part of the software.
- User Guide
  Information and resources about the main features of Guardian, and the tasks that you can do from the user interface (UI).
  - Sensors
  - Alerts
  - Assets
  - Queries
  - Smart Polling
  - Arc
  - Network
  - Process
  - Reports
  - Assertions
  - Time machine
    - Time machine
      Time machine lets you load a snapshot, which is a previously saved state, and go back in time, to analyze the data from a past situation. You can load a single snapshot and use the platform as usual or load two snapshots and compare the user interface to highlight changes.
      - Time machine diffs
        You can use time machine to view diffs between historical snapshots, or an historical snapshot and the current live view.
      - Load a snapshot
        To create a diff, you must first load a snapshot.
      - Request a diff
        The time machine lets you create a diff between to historical snapshots, or a snapshot and the current view.
      - Reload the diff operation progress
        Diff operations can take a long time to conclude. While an operation is in progress, you can continue to use the software as normal.
      - View a diff from an alert
        This automatic feature will use the previous and subsequent snapshots according to the time of the alert.
  - Vulnerabilities
  - Administration
  - Personal settings
- Maintenance Guide
  Information about the maintenance tasks of Guardian, to help you administer and maintain the solution in a production environment.
- Print format documentation
  A list of all the print-format documentation that is available for Guardian.

Time machine diffs

You can use time machine to view diffs between historical snapshots, or an historical snapshot and the current live view.

Snapshots

When you view a snapshot, the graphical user interface (GUI) will change to gray.

The graph view and the use of color let you quickly see the nodes, or links, that have been added, removed, or changed:

Added items are green
Removed items are red
Changed items are blue

Diff views

In the graph view, you can select a link or node to see more information in the pane on the right side.