Summary View - Profiler Instrumentation Data
The Summary view displays information about the most active functions in a profiling run. From each data point in the Summary view, you can move to more-detailed views by right-clicking the function name.
To change the number of functions displayed in the lists, click the Tools menu and then click Options. On the options tree, click Performance Tools. Enter the new number in the Number of functions in Summary view box.
Most-Called Functions
A list of the functions that had the highest number of calls in the profiling run.
Column |
Description |
|---|---|
Name |
The name of the function. |
Number of Calls |
The number of calls to this function in the profiling run. |
% |
The percentage of all function calls in the profiling run that were calls to this function. |
Functions with the Most Individual Work
A list of the functions that directly executed at the top of the call stack for the longest time. Time spent in child functions is not included.
Column |
Description |
|---|---|
Name |
The name of the function. |
Time |
The time in milliseconds (msec) or processor cycles (ticks) that was spent in the direct execution of this function, excluding time spent in child functions called by this function. |
% |
The percentage of all time in the profiling run that was spent in the direct execution of this function. |
Functions Taking the Longest
A list of the functions that were executing on the call stack for the longest times. Time spent in calls to child functions is included.
Column |
Description |
|---|---|
Name |
The name of the function. |
Time |
The time in milliseconds (msec) or processor cycles (ticks) that was spent in the execution of this function, including time spent in child functions called by this function. |
% |
The percentage of all time in the profiling run that was spent in the execution of this function. |