Using the Processes Page

The Processes page contains information about the processes that were running when the recording was made.

This page display process data in both tables and graphs.

Using the Processes Page: Selections and Aspects

Use the drop-down menus at the top of the page to choose a selection and aspect if desired. Data from other pages can be saved to the selection drop-down menu by dragging an area of a chart (or selecting data from a table) and choosing Store Selection or Store Selection and Set As Focused Selection from the context menu.

The following controls provide additional behavior:

Show concurrent: Show all events concurrent to the selected aspect.
Contained: Only show events that are fully contained in the time range from the active selection aspect
Same threads: Only show events in threads related to the active selection aspect.

Using the Processes Page: Tables and Graphs

The graph displays information about CPU Usage and concurrent processes plotted over time.

Table columns are labeled as follows:

Process Identifier: The process identifier (PID).
Command Line: The command that started this process.
First Sample: The first time this process was sampled.
Last Sample: The last time this process was sampled.

Using the Processes Page: Configuring Rules

You can set configuration attributes for the rules associated with this page by clicking the Edit Configuration icon.

The following options are available:

Competing CPU Usage

Competing CPU usage limit: The amount of CPU used by other processes needed to trigger an info notice.
Competing CPU usage warning limit: The amount of CPU used by other processes needed to trigger a warning.

Competing Processes

Competing processes limit: The number of simultaneous processes needed to trigger an info notice.