Running an Activity

Running an Activity is like running a test case. When you run an Activity, the VTune(TM) Performance Analyzer launches the different data collectors and any application you specify. The data collectors collect performance data and save the data in the Activity results. The Activity  stops running when the specified duration expires or when the application terminates.

To run an Activity from GUI:

Click Run Activity . VTune analyzer runs the current Activity. The name of the current Activity appears in the Run button tooltip.

To run an Activity from the command line, enter:

vtl run [[-a | -activity] <name>]

where <name> is either a complete name of the Activity to run or the shortcut form of its internal name: [a]number. If no Activity name is specified, the most recently created Activity is run.

Note

You can configure and run an Activity in a single command line.

Command-line example:

>vtl activity -c sampling -o "-cal no" run

This creates and runs an Activity that collects sampling data without using calibration.

tip

From the command line, you may use the ActivityController to cancel or interactively pause, resume, or stop the Activity run.