Using the Execution Statistics view

The Execution Statistics views display statistics about the application execution time and method calls. It provides data such as the number of methods called, the call graph and the amount of time taken to execute every method.

Before you begin

  • Launching or attaching to an application
  • In specifying profiling criteria, the Execution History - Statistical profiling set is selected or the Time Analysis with Show execution statistics profiling set is enabled in a custom profiling set.

The Execution Statistics view provides a number of tabs representing different aspects of the information about profiling session:

  • Session summary
  • Execution Statistics tab
  • Call tree
  • Method Invocation Details
  • Method Invocation tab
  • Using the Session Summary tab
    The Session Summary tab, of the Execution Statistics view, displays the summarized statistics for a profiling session such as the "Top 10 Cumulative time" methods table and "Highest 10 Total Size" instances table. You can go to the source of a selected class or method in these tables using either the context menu or the corresponding toolbar button Go to source icon.
  • Execution Statistics tab
    The Execution Statistics tab displays statistics about the application execution time. It provides data such as the number of methods called, and the amount of time taken to to execute every method. Execution statistics are available at the package, class, method and instance level.
  • Using the Call Tree tab
    The Call Tree tab provides information about method calls during the profiling session in a form that lets easily identify a hot spot. It consists of two parts: the execution flow call tree and call stack view.
  • Method Invocation Details tab
    The Method Details Invocation tab provides statistical data on a selected method. This tab can be opened on a selected method in Execution Flow view or in any tab of the Execution Statistics view.
  • Method Invocation tab
    The Method Invocation tab shows a representation of the entire course of a program's execution and also provides the ability to navigate through the methods that invoked the selected method.
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