Clarification on VS 2002 workloads and components listed in the software report

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Hello,

I am having difficulty understanding the Visual Studio 2022 table that details the workloads, components, and extensions.

Could you please explain how this list is compiled and what it represents?

I'm asking this because I have noticed some discrepancies when comparing this list to the Individual Components tab of the Visual Studio Installer on the runner. For example, the component Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentGroup.VC.Tools.142.x86.x64 is included in the table, but it is not checked in the Visual Studio Installer, as shown in the attached picture.

Can someone share their insights to help me understand this better?

Thanks in advance :)

EDIT: An other example would be Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.ATL.ARM.Spectre. It is listed in this table, but none on the Vistual Studio Installer's side.