Profiler Menus

This page describes the following menus in the JDE profiler:

File Menu

Open Opens a new profile data file.
Print Prints the profile data. All data is printed, including lines that are not visible in the display panes.
Print text Writes an ASCII version of the profile data to a named file. All data is printed, even lines that are not visible in the display panes.

Close Closes the Profile Display window.

View Menu

Use these menu items to control how profiling data is displayed.
Sort by Name Sorts method names alphabetically.
Sort by Value Sorts method names in descending order by time. This is the default view.

Short Method Names Displays method names in the form: class.method
Full Method Names Displays method names in the form: package.class.method. Also shows arguments and return values.

Place Bar on Left Displays histogram bars on the left side of the display.
Place Bar on Right Displays histogram bars on the right side of the display.

Bar Color Changes the color of the histogram bars.
Text Color Changes the color of the text in the displays.

Data Menu

Use these menu items to control the type of profiling data that is displayed.
Self Times Includes only the time spent in the body of the displayed method. Does not include the time spent in methods called by this method.
Cumulative Times The time (in milliseconds) spent in the displayed method, in all methods called by the displayed method, in all methods called by those methods, and so on
Call Counts Displays the number of times the method was called by any other methods.

Filter

Use these menu items to exclude and include methods.
Filter None Includes all methods, including system methods in the displays.
Filter System Excludes system methods from the displays.
Custom Filter Includes or excludes methods you name in the Custom Filter dialog box.
Set Custom Filter Activates the Custom Filter dialog box. Use the Custom Filter dialog box to create a custom list of methods to be included or excluded from the displays.

See also:

JDE Profiler
Custom Filter Dialog Box