Intel® Advisor User Guide

User Guide

Contents

Window: Survey Report

After running the
Vectorization and Code Insights
 perspective,
Intel Advisor
 generates a Survey report that helps you identify top time-consuming and non- or under-vectorized functions/loops.

Controls

Intel Advisor: Survey Report controls
There are many controls available to help you focus on the data most important to you, including the following:
1
Click the control to save a read-only result snapshot you can view any time.
Intel Advisor
 stores only the most recent analysis result. Visually comparing one or more snapshots to each other or to the most recent analysis result can be an effective way to judge performance improvement progress.
To open a snapshot, choose
File
Open
Result...
2
Click the various
Filter
 controls to temporarily limit displayed data based on your criteria.
3
Click the control to view loops in non-executed code paths for various instruction set architectures (ISAs). Prerequisites:
  • Compile the target application for multiple code paths using the Intel compiler.
  • Enable the
    Analyze loops in not executed code path
     checkbox in
    Project Properties
    Analysis Target
    Survey Hotspots Analysis
    .
4
This toggle control currently combines two features: The
View Configurator
 and the
Smart Mode
 filter.
  • View Configurator
     - Toggle on the
    Customize View
     control to choose the view layout to display:
    Default
    ,
    Smart Mode
    , or a customized view layout. To create a customized view layout you can apply to this and other projects:
    1. Click the
      Settings
       control next to the
      View Layout
       drop-down list to open the
      Configure Columns
       dialog box.
    2. Choose an existing view layout in the
      Configuration
       drop-down list.
    3. Enable/disable columns to show/hide.
      Outcome:
      Copy n
       is added to the name of the selected view layout in the
      Configuration
       drop-down list.
    4. Click the
      Rename
       button and supply an appropriate name for the customized view layout.
    5. Click
      OK
       to save the customized view layout.
  • Smart Mode Filter
     - Toggle on the
    Customize View
     control to temporarily limit displayed data to the top potential candidates for optimization based on
    Total CPU Time
     (the time your application spends actively executing a function/loop and its callees). In the
    Top
     drop-down list, choose one of the following:
    • The
      Number
       of top loops/functions to display
    • The
      Percent
       of
      Total CPU Time
       the displayed loops/functions must equal or exceed
5
Click the button to search for specific data.
6
Click the tab to open various
Intel Advisor
 reports or views.
7
Right-click a column header to:
  • Hide the associated report column.
  • Resume showing all available report columns.
  • Open the
    Configure Columns
     dialog box (see #4 for more information).
8
Click the toggle to show all available columns in a column set, and resume showing a limited number of preset columns in a column set.
9
Click the control to:
  • Show options for customizing data in a column or column set.
  • Open the
    Configure Columns
     dialog box (see #4 for more information).
For example, click the control in the
Compute Performance
 column set to:
  • Show data for floating-point operations only, for integer operations only, or for the sum of floating-point and integer operations.
  • Determine what is counted as an integer operation in integer calculations:
    • Choose
      Show Pure Compute Integer Operations
       to count only ADD, MUL, IDIV, and SUB operations.
    • Choose
      Show All Operations Processing Integer Data
       to count ADD, ADC, SUB, MUL, IMUL, DIV, IDIV, INC/DEC, shift, and rotate operations.
10
Click the control to show/hide a chart that helps you
visualize actual performance against hardware-imposed performance ceilings, as well as determine the main limiting factor (memory bandwidth or compute capacity), thereby providing an ideal roadmap of potential optimization steps.
11
Click a data row in the top of the
Survey Report
 to display more data specific to that row in the bottom of the
Survey Report
. Double-click a loop data row to display a
Survey Source
 window. To more easily identify data rows of interest:
  • = Vectorized function
  • = Vectorized loop
  • = Scalar function
  • = Scalar loop
12
Click a checkbox to mark a loop for deeper analysis.
13
If present, click the image to display code-specific
how-can-I-fix-this-issue?
 information in the
Recommendations
 pane.
14
If present, click the image to view the reason automatic compiler vectorization failed in the
Why No Vectorization?
 pane.
15
Click the control to show/hide the
Workflow
 pane.

Product and Performance Information

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Performance varies by use, configuration and other factors. Learn more at www.Intel.com/PerformanceIndex.