About the Chrono view

A profiler Chrono view shows information for all profiler frames (including database queries) in chronological order. To access the Chrono view of the results of a profiler run, select Chrono from the View Type drop-down list of available views in the Server Tools Guidewire Profiler > Profiler Analysis screen. The Profiler Result area for a Chrono view contains two tables.

Stack information

The first table shown in the Profiler Result area lists stack information starting from a fixed point in time (Start Time). Guidewire Profiler calculates the start time as the number of milliseconds from Thursday, January 1, 1970 00:00:00 UTC.

Each separate row in this table contains information about a different profiler stack (Stack Name). Selecting a different stack updates the data in the second table in the Profiler Result area. You can ignore any stack row that references the profiler.

The stack name itself provides important information:
  • For the web profiler, the stack name lists the beginning and ending screen of each server trip.
  • For entry-point profilers, the stack name lists the name of the method, process, or other item about which the profiler collected data.
The table also includes information on the number of profiler frames (Frames) that each stack contains.

Frame information

The second table shown in the Profiler Result area shows the frames generated in the stack selected in table 1, in chronological order. This information also includes frames that contain database queries. The following list describes the information in each column of the table.
Column Description
Time Column shows a running total of the cumulative time elapsed by the profiler relative to a start time of 0.
Name Column lists the name of the profiler tag used in profiling a specific piece of code. See Common profiler tags for more information.
Frame (ms) Column shows the amount of time a specific frame took.
Elapsed (ms) Column shows the total elapsed time for all frames (code invocations) in that node up to that point of time.
Properties and Counters Column indicates that type of operation that occurred in each individual frame. See Understanding properties and counters on a frame for more information.