How to: Choose Collection Methods
The Visual Studio Team System Developer Edition Profiling Tools support two methods of collecting performance data: sampling and instrumentation. You can use the performance session Method property to specify the most appropriate collection method for your application. If you are using command-line tools, see Using the Profiling Tools From the Command-Line section of the documentation for more information.
To select a collection method using the Performance Wizard:
- On the second page of the wizard, select Sampling or Instrumentation.
To select a collection method using Performance Explorer
On the Performance Explorer toolbar, click the arrow next to the Method drop-down list.
Two options will appear: Sampling and Instrumentation.
Choose the collection method that you prefer.
To select a collection method using performance session properties
In Performance Explorer, select the performance session.
A performance session file name has a .psess extension.
Right-click the performance session, and then click Properties.
In the Property Pages, click the General properties.
Click Sampling or Instrumentation.
See Also
Concepts
Understanding Sampling Data Values in Profiling Tools
Performance Session Properties