Probe Insertion page, Edit Profile launch configuration

Use the Probe Insertion page to select and configure probes to be deployed in your profile launch configuration. This page lists and displays information about all of the probes in the Probekit registry. Probes are entered into the registry when they are imported, and when they are built in the workspace.

To open the Probe Insertion page, from the main workbench menu in the Profiling and Logging perspective, click Run > Profile. In the Profile dialog box, select or create a configuration, then select the Profile Settings tab. Select Probe Insertion and click on Edit Options.

Probe Table

Lists the probes in the Probekit registry, and properties for each probe. Select a probe to view its details on the Properties page. To instrument with a probe, select its check box.

Properties page

Property Description
Name The name of the selected probe. If the probe does not have a name, the ID string or its file name for the probe is displayed.
Pre-filtered Indicates whether or not the definition of the selected probe includes target specifications. If a probe contains target specifications, it is considered "pre-filtered." For information about how target specifications work with the filter set that you specify when you launch an application from the Profile dialog box, read Probe targets and filters
Imported Indicates what method was used to add the selected probe to the registry. Yes indicates that the probe was imported. No indicates that the probe was added when the project containing the probe was built in the workbench.
ID The ID string of the selected probe, if any.
Version The version number of the selected probe, if any.
Description Descriptive text for the selected probe, if any.

Filters page

Attention: Profiling filter sets are global. Changing, renaming, or removing a filter set will affect all profiling sets that use the filter set. If you want to change or rename a filter set, make a backup copy of the filter set before modifying it.
Option Description Default
Use custom filters for selected probe Select to specify a filter set to be used by the probe during profiling runs. If you do not specify a filter set for the probe, the probe will use the filters that were specified for the profiling set. Off
Select a filter set: profiling filter set list Select a set of profiling filters to configure, or that you want the probe to use. Default
Select a filter set: Add Click to specify a name for a new set of profiling filters.  
Select a filter set: Rename Click to rename the selected set of profiling filters. See the preceding cautionary note.  
Select a filter set: Remove Click to remove the selected profiling filter set from the list. See the preceding cautionary note.  
Contents of selected filter set: filter list Select a filter to edit, remove, or to change its order in the list. You can edit the contents of each column in place, or use the push buttons to enter or edit values. See the preceding cautionary note.  
Contents of selected filter set: Add Click to add a new filter to the filter set. See the preceding cautionary note.  
Contents of selected filter set: Edit Click to edit the values for the selected filter. See the preceding cautionary note.  
Contents of selected filter set: Remove Click to remove the selected filter from the filter set. See the preceding cautionary note.  
Contents of selected filter set: Up Click to move the selected filter higher in the list. At runtime, the selected filter rule is applied before the rules of any filters that are lower in the list. See the preceding cautionary note.  
Contents of selected filter set: Down Click to move the selected filter lower in the list. At runtime, the selected filter rule is applied after the rules of any filters that are higher in the list. See the preceding cautionary note.  
Related tasks
Collecting probe data: Basic usage