Execution Statistics view

The Execution Statistics views 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.

Display

This view is made of a table where the first column presents the list of items. Four display modes are available based on four object types:

a list of packages
a list of classes
a list of methods
a list of instances for each class

Statistics displayed for each object type

The data displayed depends what object type is selected. The statistics available for each object are summarized in the table below.

Column heading	Package statistics	Class statistics	Method statistics	Instance statistics
Base Time For any invocation, the base time is the time taken to execute the invocation, excluding the time spent in other methods that were called during the invocation.	The summed base time for the classes in the package	The summed base time for the methods in the class	The time spent executing a given method	Time
Average Base Time The base time divided by the number of calls.	Available	Available	Available	Not available
Inherited Base Time Similar to the base time spent in the selected package or class although it does include the time spent in other (inherited) methods that were called during the invocation.	The summed base time for the classes in the package	The summed base time for the methods in the class	Not available	Time
Cumulative Time For any invocation, the cumulative time is the time taken to execute the time spent in methods.	The summed cumulative time for the classes in the package	The time spent executing the methods in the class	The time spent executing the given method.	Time
Inherited Cumulative Time Similar to the cumulative time of the selected package or class, although it also includes the time spent in other (inherited) methods that were called during the invocation.	The summed cumulative time for the classes in the package	The time spent executing the methods in the class	Not available	Time
Calls The number of calls made by a selected method.	Not available	Accumulated by class	Count	Not available
Inherited Calls The number of calls made by a method and by its inherited methods.	Accumulated by package	Accumulated by class	Not available	Count

Display symbols

The delta icons and indicate that there is a change in the numeric value (increase or decrease respectively) for that particular cell since the last time the table was refreshed.
The diamond indicates new occurrences since the last time the Refresh Views button from the Profiling Monitor view was pressed.

Controls

Toolbar controls

Icon	Definition
	Display the package statistics
	Display the class statistics
	Display the method statistics
	Display the instance statistics
	Open the source of a selected item.
	Shows the cumulative time as a percentage instead of seconds.
	Shows the change in each numeric column since the last refresh.
	Choose the columns to display.
	Export the data to a file in HTML format.

Pop-up menu controls

Icon	Definition
	Refresh the view.
	Choose the columns to display.
	Show object references.
	Show method invocation.
	Open the source of a selected item.

Filtering

The statistics views provide filtering based on name. Use the Filter field to specify a string pattern.

Column controls

Click the title of a column to sort it. Click the title of the column again to sort it in reverse order. The title of the column is prefixed with < if the column is sorted in ascending order or with > if it is sorted in descending order.

Columns can be hidden or shown.

Related concepts
Overview of the Profiling Tool
Profiling resources