# Configuring Compare

The power user can set the following preferences for the Compare component.

- Data source controls: Select from the available data sources in the drop-down list, and then click Update data source to bind your selection to the component.

- Configure Attribute List: Select the attributes to displayed to the end user. The power user can check and uncheck attributes and attribute sets directly.

  Clicking the pencil icon for any attribute opens the Edit Attribute Display dialog box, where you can set the formatting for that attribute.

- Grid Controls: Set the appearance and behavior of the table the end user sees.

  - Column width in pixels: This column width applies to all record columns.
  - Enable attribute filter box: Enabled by default. Disabling this setting causes the filter and search box to disappear from the end user view.
  - Enabling highlighting by default: Disabled by default. Enabling this setting causes the Compare component to highlight differences between records when they are first loaded. Since no record is in the “baseline” position when records are first loaded, the highlight is in “highlight with no baseline record” mode.
  - Enable difference highlighting controls: Enabled by default. Disabling this setting causes the Highlight differences button to disappear from the end user view.
  - Highlight color: Changes the color used for the highlighting feature.
- Component Controls:

  - Display name property: Set the property to be used as the display name in the end user's view of the record.
  - Target page for record details: Specify a separate page to display record details.
  - Disable back button: Hide the Back button from the end user view.