
The most important artifacts shown in the Performance Explorer are Sessions and Activities.
To create a Session right click the Sessions node and select New Session, or click the New Session button in the view toolbar.
To create an Activity right click a Session and select New Activity.
To run a data collection an Activity in the new state is required. When the Activity is selected the bottom panel of the view can be used to launch the application and run a data collection. The Begin Data Collection button is used to start the data collection. The results of the data collection will be shown in the Results box. When data collection is complete the Activity will go into the complete state.

When a completed Activity is selected the bottom panel will display shortcut links. These are used to access the most commonly used actions available for Activities. More actions are available from the context menu by right-clicking the Activity.

Click on a Session to see a list of the scheduled performance runs in the bottom panel.

If data collection fails the Activity will go into the failed state. When this happens the Activity can be reset back to the new state by selecting the Activity and clicking the link that says reset to new in the bottom panel.

| Button | Command | Description |
|---|---|---|
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New Session | Opens the New Performance Tuning Session wizard. |
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Back | Navigate to the previous level of focus. |
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Forward | Navigate to the next level of focus. |
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Up | Navigate the focus up one level in the tree. |
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Collapse All | Collapse all tree nodes. |
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| Show Launch Configurations | Toggles the visibility of the Launch Configurations node in the tree. |
| Command | Context | Description |
|---|---|---|
| New Session... | Session Root, Projects | Opens the New Performance Tuning Session wizard. |
| New Activity... | Sessions | Opens the New Activity wizard to create an Activity for the selected Session. |
| Manage Scheduled Activities... | Sessions | Opens the Manage Scheduled Activities dialog. |
| Clone... | Sessions, Activities | Creates a copy of the selected Session or Activity. If an Activity is cloned it will be in the new state. |
| Refresh | Sessions | Refresh the Session and retreive Activities collected from scheduled performance runs. |
| Open Hotspots | Activities (Hotspot Detection only) | Opens the Hotspots Browser on the selected Activity. |
| Open Scorecard | Activities | Opens the Scorecard Viewer on the selected Activity. |
| Set as baseline | Activities (Hotspot Detection only) | Sets the selected Activity as the baseline for its Session. |
| Compare | Activities (must select 2) | Opens the Hotspots Comparison Browser on the two selected Activites. |
| Archive | Activities | Moves the selected Activities to the Archive section. |
| Go Into | Session Root, Projects, Sessions | Focuses the Performance Explorer on the selected node. The navigation buttons in the toolbar can then be used to change the focus. |
| Properties | Session Root, Projects, Sessions, Activities | Opens a properties dialog on the selected node. |
| Configure... | Sessions, Activities | Opens a dialog where properties of the Session or Activity may be edited. |
| Delete | Sessions, Activities | Deletes the selected elements. |
| Rename... | Sessions, Activities | Renames the selected element. |
| Launch Configurations... | Launch Configurations Root | Opens the Run Configurations dialog. Note that the Performance Explorer only supports Launch Configurations of the Remote Compiled Application type. |
| Edit... | Launch Configurations | Opens a dialog that allows you to edit the Launch Configuration properties. |
| Run | Launch Configurations | Runs the program specified in the selected Launch Configuration. |
| Debug | Launch Configurations | Launches a debug session using the program specified in the selected Launch Configuration. |