Intel® VTune™ Profiler User Guide

User Guide

Contents

Toolbar:
Intel VTune
Profiler

Here are the
Intel® VTune™
Profiler
 toolbar buttons that enable you to control the analysis run:
Use This Button
To Do This
Project Navigator
 (standalone client only)
Open the Project Navigator to manage the
VTune
Profiler
 projects and analysis results.
(standalone)/ (Visual Studio*)
Configure Analysis
Open the Configure Analysis window to select, configure, and run analysis.
New Project
 (standalone client only)
Open the
Create a Project
dialog box to create and configure a project.
Import Result
 (standalone client only)
Open the
Import
 window and specify result or raw data collection file(s) to import into the current project.
VTune
Profiler
 creates a result with the imported data and locates it in the current project.
Compare Results
Open the Compare Results window and choose the results to compare.
Open Result
Navigate to a
VTune
Profiler
 data collection result (
*.
vtune
 file) and open it in the graphical interface.
Options
Set options to collect, display, and save profiling data. View privacy information about collected data.
Help
Open the
Help
 menu providing access to the following documentation formats:
  • Help
  • Get Started
     that opens a start page with a list of documentation resources and product overview.
  • Developer Forum
  • Video and Articles
     that leads you to the product web page with How-to videos and technical articles.
  • Intel Processor Event Reference
VTune
Profiler
 toolbar icons look slightly different in different versions of the Microsoft Visual Studio* IDE. The
Compare Results
 button is not available from the toolbar in the Microsoft Visual Studio* IDE.
VTune
Profiler
 also provides a lightweight integration to the Eclipse* development environment, adding the following buttons in the Eclipse GUI:
Use This Button
To Do This
Run Intel
VTune
Profiler
Open the
VTune
Profiler
 standalone graphical interface and configure and run a performance analysis for your application.
Open
Intel VTune
Profiler
 Help
Open the
VTune
Profiler
 Get Started page providing access to the product documentation resources.
When you view results,
VTune
Profiler
 provides an additional toolbar for the
Bottom-up
 and
Top-down Tree
 windows:
Use This Button
To Do This
View Stacks as a Chain
/
View Stacks as a Tree
Change the stack layout for the
Call Stack
grouping level.
Find
 (CTRL+F)
Search for data in the
Bottom-up
,
Top-down Tree
,
Source
, or
Assembly
 panes.
Customize Grouping
Create a custom grouping for the current viewpoint using the Custom Grouping dialog box.

Product and Performance Information

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