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# Global search and comparison UI

## 1. Step By Step Process

### 1.1 **Compare**

There are a several ways to select policies for comparison, all of which **do not** require/result in the importing of the policies into Guardian.

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Policies can be selected from different sources

Already imported (i.e. now ‘local’) policies

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* by message ID<br>

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  * from local file<br>

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    **1.2 Search**<br>

    Not using content similarity criteria for searching.<br>

    <figure><img src="/files/tKoSRrmTZP6TfTTZUcEl" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

    Searching based on the content similarity to the existing policy.\ <br>

    <figure><img src="/files/Ze00sTFr13OW8HDiIiSV" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>


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