Working with the IDM Profiler View

The IDM Profiler view consists of the following areas:

• Current Project Area: Consists of a drop-down menu that lists all of your current projects. Use this menu to select the project you want to profile.

• Controls Area: Contains four icons, as described in the following table:

  Icon	Name	Purpose
  	Start Waveset Profiler	Starts the Profiler and opens the Profiler Options dialog.
  	Stop Waveset Profiler	Stops the Profiler.
  	Reset Collected Results	Resets all of the profile results you collected to this point.
  	Modify Profiling	Reopens the Profiler Options dialog so you can change any of the settings to modify your current profile results.

• Status Area: Reports whether you are connected to the Host and provides Status information as the Profiler is starting up, running, and stopping.

• Profiling Results Area: Contains two icons, which are described in the following table:

  Icon	Name	Purpose
  	Start Waveset Profiler	Starts the Profiler and opens the Profiler Options dialog.
  	Reset Collected Results	Resets all of the profile results you collected to this point.

• Saved Snapshots Area: Provides a list of all saved snapshots.

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  Note –

  Instructions for saving snapshots are provided in Saving a Snapshot.

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  In addition, you can use the following buttons to manage these snapshots:

  • Open: Click to open saved snapshots in the Snapshot View window.

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    Tip –

    You can also double-click a snapshot in the Saved Snapshots list to open that snapshot.

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  • Delete: Select a snapshot in the Saved Snapshots list, and then click this button to delete the selected snapshot.

  • Save As: Select a snapshot in the list and then click this button to save that snapshot externally to an arbitrary location.

  • Load: Click to open a snapshot from an arbitrary location into the Snapshot View window.