Intel® Trace Analyzer User's Reference Guide

Intel® Trace Analyzer User's Reference Guide
Figure 4.12. Qualitative Timeline with tagged messages
Similarly, to filter out all messages except those sent by P9, use the Filtering
dialog box (the section called “The Filtering Dialog”) for details regarding the
Filtering dialog box. It results in the following timeline:
Figure 4.13. Qualitative Timeline after filtering
Using tagging in the Qualitative Timeline is an efficient way to find specific events
that occur infrequently. This is because it is guaranteed that a grouped multiple
event is tagged if at least one of the singular events it represents matches the
tagging filter expression.
Quantitative Timeline
The Quantitative Timeline (Views Menu → Charts → Quantitative Timeline) gives
an overview of the parallel behavior of the application. It shows - over time -
how many processes or threads are involved in which function. Along the time
axis, the different functions are presented as vertically stacked color bars. The
height of these bars is proportional to the number of processes that are currently
within the respective function.
Mouse Hover
When the mouse hovers over the Quantitative Timeline, the status bar displays
the present position of the cursor with respect to time. It also shows details
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