'Pulls the last-recorded configuration from the database.
:return: List of all items for the given technology and the given account.'

def read_previous_items(self):

    prev_list = []
    for account in self.accounts:
        prev = self.datastore.get_all_ctype_filtered(tech=self.index, account=account, include_inactive=False)
        for item in prev:
            item_revision = prev[item]
            new_item = ChangeItem(index=self.index, region=item.region, account=item.account.name, name=item.name, arn=item.arn, new_config=item_revision.config)
            new_item.audit_issues = []
            new_item.db_item = item
            prev_list.append(new_item)
    return prev_list
