To start with

VTune

Profiler

, you need to have a project that specifies a target to analyze.

To create a new project, click the

New Project...

link. If a project is open, its name shows up on the Welcome page as the

Current project

.

To configure and run a new analysis for the current project, click

Configure Analysis...

on the Welcome screen. You also use this selection to configure target and analysis settings for a project that is currently open.

The

Configure Analysis

link opens the Performance Snapshot analysis type by default. This snapshot gives you a quick overview of issues affecting your application performance.

For other analysis types, click the analysis header to open the

Analysis Tree

which displays all available analyses.

For quick and easy access to an existing project used recently, click the required project name in the

Recent Projects

list. Hover over a project name in the list to see the full path to the project file.

Click

Open Project...

to open an existing project (

*.

vtune

proj

).

To open a recently collected result, click the required item in the

Recent Results

list. By default, each result name has an identifier of its analysis type (last two letters in the result name); for example,

tr

stands for Threading analysis. Hover over a result name in the list to see the full path to the result file.

Click

Open Result...

to open a result file (

*.

vtune

).

Use the link bar to access additional informational resources such as Performance Analysis Cookbook, online product documentation or social media channels. Consider getting started with the product by running the

Help Tour

that guides you through the interface using a sample project.

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