Working With the Call Graph Panel

Configuring the Panel

Limiting the Number of Hierarchy Levels

Displaying Recursive Calls

Displaying Critical Path

Navigating Within the Graph

Exporting the Graph

Printing the Panel Contents

All panel settings are divided into two large groups: options specific to the current profiler and options common for all profilers.

• To modify options specific to the current profiler, use the Customize Call Graph dialog (to call it, select Customize from the Call Graph context menu).

  In the Customize Call Graph dialog you can select result values to be displayed, the result format, the sorting order, and so on. Also, you can select what values should be displayed on the graph’s arrows. For instance, if you select Hit Count (for the Performance profiler), the numbers at the beginning of the arrows (from parent routines) specify how many times the highlighted routine was called from the parent one. Those at the arrow heads (towards child routines) specify how many times a child was called from the highlighted routine.

• To modify options that do not depend on the profiler, use the Call Graph Options dialog (it appears upon selecting Options from the context menu).

The number of “child” and “parent” levels in the chart is specified by two options in the Call Graph Options dialog: Number of child levels and Number of parent levels. Increase these settings to show more of the routine call hierarchy. Decrease them to simplify the display. If you want to view the entire tree of routine calls or object references, use the Call Tree panel.

To make the Call Graph panel show recursive function calls and object references, enable the Show cycling connections option in the Customize Call Graph dialog.

To display the critical path in the Call Graph, enable the Show critical path for column option in the Customize Call Graph dialog. You can also specify which parameter will be used to calculate the “length” of the call route. To do this, select the desired column in the same box of the Customize Call Graph dialog. For more information, see Call Graph Panel Contents.

The context menu has Go to Child, Go to Parent and Go to Current Item items to help you navigate the hierarchy when it is large. It also has Zoom In, Zoom Out, Undo Zoom and Fit items to help you get the view you need.

You can quickly navigate to the graph of routine calls (object references) which is built for the selected routine (object). To do this, simply double-click the rectangle of the desired routine (object) in the graph. The Call Graph panel updates to highlight the clicked routine (object) and show its parents and children, and other panels update accordingly (Editor, Details, and others. See AQTime Panels).

If the graph displays a hierarchy of routine calls, you can also navigate to the routine declaration in the source file. To do this, right-click within the routine’s rectangle and select Show Source in the ensuing context menu. AQTime will switch to the Editor and open the source file where the corresponding routine is declared.

To export the graph to a metafile, select Export to Metafile from the context menu.

To print the Call Graph contents, select Print or Print Preview from the context menu. Print will open the printer selection dialog and send the Call Graph to printer. Print Preview will open the Print Preview Form where you can customize the report to be printed.