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Comparing Parameter Templates
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This section describes how to compare two parameter templates of the same node type and DB engine version.

Procedure
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#. Log in to the management console.
#. Click |image1| in the upper left corner and select a region and a project.
#. Click **Service List**. Under **Database**, click **Document Database Service** to go to the DDS console.
#. In the navigation pane on the left, click **Parameter Template Management**.
#. On the **Parameter Template Management** page, select the **Clusters**, **Replica Sets**, or **Single Nodes** tab and locate the parameter templates you created and click **Compare** in the **Operation** column.
#. In the displayed dialog box, select a parameter template that uses the same DB engine as the target template and click **OK**.

   -  If their settings are different, the parameter names and values of both parameter templates are displayed.
   -  If their settings are the same, no data is displayed.

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