Compare Snapshots using the Profiler Projects Explorer

(Professional and Enterprise only)

The projects explorer can be used to select the snapshots to compare in the main view. ­

• Select a single snapshot and click Compare Snapshots. This will cause the selected snapshot to be compared with the Empty snapshot.

• Select two snapshots from the same session (using the Ctrl or Shift key) and click Compare Snapshots. The most recent snapshot will be used as the primary snapshot, and the oldest snapshot will be used as the comparison snapshot.

• Select two snapshots from different sessions (using the Ctrl or Shift key) and click Compare Snapshots. If one of the snapshots is part of an active session, that snapshot will be used as the primary snapshot and the other will be used as the comparison snapshot. If none of the snapshots is part of an active session, the last selected snapshot (the focused snapshot) will be used as the primary snapshot.

Note

Unless running under Visual Studio, it is not possible to use a snapshot from a different session as the primary snapshot while an active profiling session is running. In Visual Studio a new profiler window will be opened.