From 89f17eb67879103fa36cb6f4e47925f3a989ce35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dipti <dipti.dhond@candelatech.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2021 11:02:03 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] start of comparison of 2 dataframes

---
 py-json/LANforge/lfcli_base.py        | 8 +++++++-
 py-json/realm.py                      | 7 ++++---
 py-scripts/test_ipv4_variable_time.py | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/py-json/LANforge/lfcli_base.py b/py-json/LANforge/lfcli_base.py
index 55582aef..4d78526f 100644
--- a/py-json/LANforge/lfcli_base.py
+++ b/py-json/LANforge/lfcli_base.py
@@ -641,8 +641,14 @@ class LFCliBase:
     #takes any format of a file and returns a dataframe of it
     def file_to_df(self,file_name):
         return pd.read_csv(file_name)
-    
+    #get difference of all common columns in 2 dataframes. store in 
     def compare_two_df(self,dataframe_one=None,dataframe_two=None):
+        pass
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
         pass    
         #return compared_df
 
diff --git a/py-json/realm.py b/py-json/realm.py
index 489fe167..1c2ecfa6 100755
--- a/py-json/realm.py
+++ b/py-json/realm.py
@@ -1319,10 +1319,11 @@ class L3CXProfile(LFCliBase):
             time.sleep(monitor_interval_ms)
         csvfile.close()
 
-        #here, do column manipulations
+        #comparison to last report / report inputted
         if compared_report is not None:
-            pass 
-        #df to final report file output
+            compared_report_completed=self.compare_two_df(pd.read_csv(report_file), pd.read_csv(compared_report)) 
+
+        #df to final report file output if necessary
         if output_format.lower() != 'csv':
             dataframe_output = pd.read_csv(report_file)
             self.df_to_file(dataframe=dataframe_output, output_f=output_format)
diff --git a/py-scripts/test_ipv4_variable_time.py b/py-scripts/test_ipv4_variable_time.py
index 4a59fdf0..8683c7f6 100755
--- a/py-scripts/test_ipv4_variable_time.py
+++ b/py-scripts/test_ipv4_variable_time.py
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ def main():
     optional.append({'name': '--layer3_cols', 'help': 'Columns wished to be monitored from layer 3 endpoint tab',
                      'default': ['name', 'tx bytes', 'rx bytes']})
     optional.append({'name': '--port_mgr_cols', 'help': 'Columns wished to be monitored from port manager tab',
-                     'default': ['ap', 'ip', 'rx bytes']})
+                     'default': ['ap', 'ip', 'parent dev']})
     optional.append(
         {'name': '--compared_report', 'help': 'report path and file which is wished to be compared with new report',
          'default': None})