Time
All time measurements shown in the Profiling Tool are in clock time, not CPU (processor) time. Clock time differs from CPU time because thread context switches and process context switches introduce uncertainty into the calculations. Clock time does not account for this additional physical execution behavior.
All time units are in seconds.
There are two means of measuring time for a method or an object:
- Base time is the time spent executing a given method. It does not include time spent in other methods that were called by the given method.
- Cumulative time is the time spent on the execution stack of a given method, including time spent in the method itself and in other methods it calls.
Related concepts
Overview of the Profiling Tool
Profiling monitor view
Sequence diagram views
Statistical viewsRelated tasks
Profiling an application