Viewing recommendations

Recommendations View

When a performance run is complete a background process is started which analyzes the collected data and looks for areas where performance can be improved. The results of this analysis are shown in the Recommendations View. Recommendations are only available for C/C++ applications, and some recommendations are only shown on Power systems.

By default this view is shown in the bottom area of the Performance Advisor perspective. If it is not visible it may be opened from the main menu by selecting Window > Show View > Other then selecting Performance Advisor > Recommendations.

Each completed Activity may have a list of recommendations. Select a recommendation and its description will become visible in the details pane.

By default the Recommendations View is linked with the other performance analysis views so that recommendations are shown only for the Activity that is currently selected. To toggle showing all the recommendations at once click the icon in the view toolbar.

Many recommendations involve making changes to compiler options that control optimization levels. To follow these recommendations you will need to make the appropriate changes to your Makefile in a standard make project or to the build settings in a managed make project, and then rebuild the project. If you have a managed make project the build settings are found by right-clicking the project in the Project Explorer and selecting Properties to open the project properties dialog. The build settings are then found under C/C++ Build.


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