Trace Message List Columns

The columns in the Trace Message List represent properties of the trace message, similar to those that typically appear in the trace message prefix. You can display and hide the columns, but you cannot reorder them.

By default, the ID field and the first eight columns that are described in the following list appear in a Trace Message List. For more information about choosing which columns to display, see Displaying and Hiding Columns.

ID
The ID appears in Trace Message List window frame. It displays the Group ID of the trace session, an identifier that TraceView assigns to trace sessions and trace session groups. The Group ID also appears in the first column of Trace Session List to help you associate the trace session with its trace messages.

Msg#
Displays the message number of the trace message. By default, the Trace Message List is sorted by the values in the Msg# column.

Name
Displays the friendly name of the message GUID of the trace message. By default, the friendly name of the message GUID is the name of the directory in which the trace provider was built.

For the NT Kernel Logger trace session, this column displays the name of the kernel tracing subcomponent that generated the message (for example, "FileIo").

You can use the -p parameter of RUN_WPP or Tracewpp to specify an alternate value for the friendly name of the message GUID. For information, see Run_WPP Options.

Process ID
Identifies the process that generated the trace message.

Thread ID
Identifies the thread that generated the trace message.

CPU#
Identifies the CPU on which the trace message was generated.

Sequence#
Displays the local or global sequence number of the trace message. Local sequence numbers, which are unique only to this trace session, are the default value.

System Time
Displays the system timer value when the trace message was generated. Because the system timer has a resolution of 10 milliseconds, multiple events can have the same system time value.

Message
Displays the trace message.

File Name
Displays the name of the source file that generated the trace message.

Line #
Displays the line number of the code that generated the trace message.

Func Name
Displays the name of the function that generated the trace message.

Kernel Time
Displays the elapsed execution time for kernel-mode instruction, in CPU ticks, at the time that the trace message was generated.

User Time
Displays the elapsed execution time for user-mode instruction, in CPU ticks, at the time that the trace message was generated.

Indent
Displays the number of spaces that the trace message is indented when it is written to a text log.

Flags Name
Displays the name of the trace flags that were enabled for the provider when the trace message was generated.

Level Name
Displays the value of the trace level that was enabled for the provider when the trace message was generated.

Component Name
Displays the name of the component of the provider that generated the trace message. The component name appears only if it is specified in the tracing code.

SubComponent Name
Displays the name of the subcomponent of the provider that generated the trace message. The subcomponent name appears only if it is specified in the tracing code.

Save As Default
This option is not a column name. It is a command that saves the currently displayed column configuration as the default for future trace sessions. For more information, see "Saving the Column Configuration" in Trace Message List Features.