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WHAT: Analysis Target
A target is an executable file you analyze using the Intel® VTune™ Profiler, which could be an executable file, a process, or a whole system.
By default, when you create a new project, the VTune Profiler opens an analysis configuration with the Launch Application analysis target pre-selected:
To change a target type for your project, click the 
Browse button on the WHAT pane. Select from these target types:
Launch Application |
Enable the Launch Application pane and choose and configure an application to analyze, which can be either a binary file or a script. See options for launching an application.
NOTE:
This target type is not supported for the Hotspots analysis of Android applications. Use the Attach to Process or Launch Android Package types instead. |
Attach to Process |
Enable the Attach to Process pane and choose and configure a process to analyze. See options for attaching to a process. |
Profile System |
Enable the Profile System pane and configure the system-wide analysis that monitors all the software executing on your system. |
Launch Android Package |
Enable the Launch Android Package pane to specify the name of the Android* package to analyze and configure target options. See options for launching an Android package. |
Options available for the target configuration depend on the target system you select in the WHERE pane.
To focus on analyzing particular processes, you may collect data on all processes (without selecting the Attach to Process target type) and then filter the collected results as follows:
From the Grouping drop-down menu in the Bottom-up window, select the grouping by Process, for example: Process/Function/Thread/Call Stack.
In the grid, right-click the process you are interested in and select the Filter In by Selection option from the context menu.
VTune Profiler updates the grid to provide data for the selected process only.
From the Grouping drop-down menu, select any other grouping level you need, for example: Function/Call Stack.
VTune Profiler groups the data for the selected process according to the granularity you specified.
If attaching to a running process causes a hang or crash, consider launching your application with the VTune Profiler in a paused state, and resume the collection when the application gets to an area of interest.