Execution Flow Graph Controls

The Execution flow view and table provides toolbar controls and popup controls.

Controls

The toolbar for both view and table contains the following controls:

Area select: To select a portion of the graph to enlarge.
Zoom in: To zoom into the graph.
Zoom out: To zoom out from the graph.
Home: To reset the display to its original size and position.
Graph colors: To change the colors of the graph being viewed. The change applies only to the currently active Execution Flow graph.
Menu > Show Time: To select the time basis of the graph. Raw time is the time that an application takes to run, including the profiling overhead. Compensated time (default) is the time the application takes minus the time attributed to profiling.

You have some control in the body of the graph as well. Point the mouse over a stripe to display status information (for example: )

Pointing elsewhere in the view displays the thread name and time corresponding to the pointer's vertical position.

The pop up controls consist of the following:

Refresh Views: To update all Profiling and Logging views.
Graph Colors: Same as the Graph Colors button.
Detect All Repetitions: Displays Xs to identify frequently called methods.
Hide All Repetitions: Hides the display of Xs at frequently called methods.
Threads > Show All Threads: Display all threads belonging to the selected resource.
Threads > Hide All Threads: Hide all the threads belonging to the selected resource.
Threads > GC: Display the Garbage Collection thread.
Threads > thread name: Display the named thread.
Home: Return to the original the graph to the state it was in when first opened.
Show Execution Table: Display the information in a table instead of a graph.
Show Method Invocation: Display the same information but also show the invoking methods for a given method.
Open Source: To open an editing view containing the selected source code. The method, class, or package must be in the workbench.