Cloud-based comparison of different remote configurations of a same system

A system comprising:

• memory storing metadata including configuration information for different cloud-based systems;
• and
• a central server performing operations comprising:
• receiving, at the central server, a query for determining differences between a first cloud-based system and a different second cloud-based system, both cloud-based systems remote from the central server and having configurations related to a particular application;
• receiving metadata from each of the first cloud-based system and the different second cloud-based system;
• temporarily storing the metadata at the central server;
• determining, using the stored metadata at the central server, a difference between a first customized configuration of the first cloud-based system and a different second customized configuration of the different second cloud-based system, wherein the stored metadata identifies tables defining a scoping of each of the first cloud-based system and the different second cloud-based system, including a projection view for each table of the first cloud-based system and the different second cloud-based system, each table containing configuration data and scoping data, and wherein determining the difference includes comparing the metadata for the first cloud-based system and the different second cloud-based system;
• and
• providing, by the central server in response to the received query, the difference.

A non-transitory computer-readable media encoded with a computer program, the computer program comprising instructions that when executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, at a central server, a query for determining differences between a first cloud-based system and a different second cloud-based system, both cloud-based systems remote from the central server and having configurations related to a particular application;
• receiving metadata from each of the first cloud-based system and the different second cloud-based system;
• temporarily storing the metadata at the central server;
• determining, using the stored metadata at the central server, a difference between a first customized configuration of the first cloud-based system and a different second customized configuration of the different second cloud-based system, wherein the stored metadata identifies tables defining a scoping of each of the first cloud-based system and the different second cloud-based system, including a projection view for each table of the first cloud-based system and the different second cloud-based system, each table containing configuration data and scoping data, and wherein determining the difference includes comparing the metadata for the first cloud-based system and the different second cloud-based system;
• and
• providing, by the central server in response to the received query, the difference.