Comparing impact simulations

A Change Manager may want to compare and analyse the impact on a business service in different scenarios. In such cases, BMC CMDB Impact Simulator enables you to save the simulations and compare simulations so that the Change Manager can take an appropriate action. 

You can compare the results of any saved simulation with the simulation currently loaded. You can also compare the results of a new simulation with an earlier version of the same simulation to see how the results changed over time.

For example, you might compare the predicted outcomes of two different impact simulations designed to address the same plan for disaster recovery to see which scenario best suits your needs.

To compare impact simulations

1. In BMC CMDB Impact Simulator, either create a new simulation or load a saved simulation.
2. Click Compare Simulation.
3. Select a saved simulation in the Saved Simulation dialog box to compare with the simulation you selected in step 1.
4. Click Load.
5. A new window displays the simulation results side by side.