Start & Stop the Profiler

Profiling is a two stage process of data collection and reporting. In Enterprise Architect the data collection has the advantage of being a background task - so you are free to do other things while it runs. The information sent back to Enterprise Architect is stored until you generate a report. To view a report, the capture must be turned off. After the report is produced you can resume capture with the click of a button. If, for some reason, you decide to scrap your data and start again, you can do so easily and without having to stop and start the program again.

Access

Ribbon	Execute > Analyze > Profiler > Open Profiler
Other	Execution Analyzer toolbar : Analyzer Windows \| Profiler

Actions

Action	Detail	See also
Toolbar
Strategy Selection	Select the Profiling strategy from the available options on the Toolbar.
Start the Profiler	Click the Run button on the Profiler window
Stop the Profiler	The process exits if: You click on the Stop button The target application terminates, or You close the current model If you stop the Profiler and the process is still running, you can quickly attach to it again.
Pause and Resume Capture	You can pause and resume capture at any time during a session. When capture is turned on, samples are collected from the target. When paused, the Profiler enters and remains in a wait state until either capture is enabled, the Profiler is stopped or the application finishes.	Getting Started
Generate Reports	The Report button is disabled during capture but is available when capture is turned off.	Generate, Save and Load Profile Reports Function Line Reports
Clear Data Collection	You can clear any data samples collected and resume at any time. First suspend capture by clicking on the Pause button. The Discard button, as for the Report button, is enabled whenever capture is turned off. In clicking on the Discard button you will be asked to confirm the operation. This action cannot be undone.