Insert Probes page, Edit Profiling Set dialog box

Use the Insert Probes page to select and configure probes to be deployed with a profiling set. 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 Insert Probes page, from the main workbench menu in the Profiling and Logging perspective, select Run > Profile.... In the Profile dialog box, select or create a configuration, then select the Profiling page. In the Overview page, select a profiling set and type and click Edit..., then select Probes > Insert Probes.

Probe Table

Lists the probes in the Probekit registry, and properties for each probe. Select a probe to view its details in the Properties page. To add a probe to the current profiling set, select its check box. To remove a probe from the current profiling set, clear its check box.

Properties page

Property Description
Name The name of the selected probe. If the probe does not have a name, the probe's ID string or its filename is displayed.
Pre-filtered Indicates whether or not the selected probe contains built-in filtering (targeting) rules. If a probe is pre-filtered, you cannot change the filter set for the probe.
Note: profiling set filters that you specify on the second page of the Edit Profiling Set dialog box (the page that appears when you click the Next> button) will only be applied to any non-pre-filtered probes that you select, and to other profiling types that you select. Profiling set filters are ignored for pre-filtered probes.
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 probe's project 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

Note: The Filters page is not available for pre-filtered probes. To change the filtering (targeting) rules for a pre-filtered probe, you must change or remove the rules in the probe's source file, then rebuild the probe.
CAUTION:
Profiling filters and filter sets are global. Changing, renaming, or removing a filter or a filter set will affect all probes and profiling sets that use the filter set. If you want to change or rename a filter or filter set, it is recommended that you make a 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 preceeding cautionary note.  
Select a filter set: Remove Click to remove the selected profiling filter set from the list. See the preceeding 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 preceeding cautionary note.  
Contents of selected filter set: Add... Click to add a new filter to the filter set. See the preceeding cautionary note.  
Contents of selected filter set: Edit... Click to edit the values for the selected filter. See the preceeding cautionary note.  
Contents of selected filter set: Remove Click to remove the selected filter from the filter set. See the preceeding cautionary note.  
Contents of selected filter set: Up Click to move the selected filter higher in the list. At run-time, the selected filter rule is applied before the rules of any filters that are lower in the list. See the preceeding cautionary note.  
Contents of selected filter set: Down Click to move the selected filter lower in the list. At run-time, the selected filter rule is applied after the rules of any filters that are higher in the list. See the preceeding cautionary note.  

Parent topic: Probekit user interface reference

Related tasks
Managing your Probekit Registry
Collecting Probe Data in the Workbench

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