During analysis, the

Intel Inspector

displays problems in the order detected in the

Problems

pane.

After analysis is complete, the

Intel Inspector

:

Groups problems detected during analysis into problem sets
(but still provides visibility into individual problems and problem occurrences)
.
Prioritizes the items in the
Problems
pane.
Offers filtering to help you focus on those items that require your attention. For example, you can temporarily limit the items displayed in the
Problems
pane by:
Inclusion
Exclusion
A set of source files

Intel Inspector

assigns problems a severity level:

Critical

(),

Error

() and

Warning

(). The severity indicates the seriousness of the defect.

Problem sets inherit the severity of the problems they contain. The

Intel Inspector

prioritizes problem sets first by severity and then by number of code locations. Problem sets containing more code locations precede those containing fewer.

Think of this prioritized list of items on the

Problems

pane as a

to-do

list. Start at the top and work down.

Use the

Intel Inspector

filtering function to temporarily limit the items in the

Problems

pane to only those problem sets containing problems that meet specific criteria.

For example, you can filter the list to show only those problem sets containing problems...

With
Investigated
=
Not investigated
to show only problem sets with a state of
New
,
Not fixed
, or
Regression
(that is, hide the problem sets you have already investigated)
Or with
State=Not fixed
and
Severity
=
Error
Or with
State=Not fixed
and
Severity
=
Error
and
Type
=
Data Race
Or in a specific file

Use the

Intel Inspector

filtering function to temporarily set aside occurrences of the same, possibly false positive, items en masse in the

Problems

pane. For example:

In the
Investigated
category in the
Filters
pane on the
Summary
window, choose
Not investigated
to display only problems with a state of
New
,
Not fixed
, or
Regression
.
If this is the first result of this analysis type, or if you chose the
Do not get problem states from another result
option on the
State Management
page of the product
Options
dialog box during startup, all problems have a state of
New
.
Click the
Sort
drop-down list in the
Filters
pane and choose
Sort by Item Count
to sort remaining problems by count in descending numerical order.
In the
Type
category in the
Filters
pane, choose the problem type with the highest item count to display only those problems in the
Problems
pane.
Click on any problem in the
Problems
pane, then press Ctrl+A to select all problems.
Right-click any of the selected problems to display a context menu, then choose
Change State
Not a Problem
to change the state of all selected problems.
In the
Type
category, click the
All
button to deselect problem criteria.
Repeat steps 3 - 6 for each problem type with many occurrences.
Start working the remaining problems.

Be aware that when you temporarily set aside problems en masse, you may inadvertently set aside a problem of interest. For example, if you are not responsible for problems in source file A and you:

Use the filtering function to select all problems in source file A.
Set the state for all problems in source file A to
Not a problem
.

Some of these problems may touch more than one source file. When you filter on a source file, you filter on all problems intersecting that source file. The fact that a problem has some intersection with a file for which you are not responsible does not mean the problem does not concern you.

However if you are responsible for source files A, B, and C, you can filter first to source file A, then to source file B, then to source file C. You may see some problems more than once, but you will ultimately investigate all problems in files for which you are responsible.

Use the

Intel Inspector

filtering function to temporarily limit the items in the

Problems

pane to those from a set of source files.