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Collecting Traces Inside the Flow Graph Analyzer GUI

To run an existing Threading Building Blocks (TBB) application and collect execution trace information for analysis, you can launch the TBB trace collector feature from the Flow Graph Analyzer GUI as follows, assuming the paths for the Threading Building Blocks (TBB) libraries are set up (see Release Notes and Known Issues for limitations):
  1. Run the trace collector using one of the following options:
    • Go to the
      Offload Actions
      Run and collect traces
       menu option.
    • Click the
      Run and Collect Traces
      icon on the toolbar.
    The collector
    Preferences
     window opens, which lets you specify the application to run:
    collector preferences dialog
  2. In the collector
    Preferences
    window:
    • Specify an application to run in the
      Application
       field.
    • Optional: Change the
      Working Directory
       value if required. The default is the Flow Graph Analyzer directory.
    • View and set other environment variables, including
      INTEL_LIBITTNOTIFY32
       and
      INTEL_LIBITTNOTIFY64
      , using the
      Environment Variables
       pane of the dialog box.
      The environment variables for running trace collection have default settings if you did not change their values in the environment from which the Flow Graph Analyzer is launched. The inherited values are used if the environment variables are set in the environment.
      OS
      Environment Variable
      Default Value
      Description
      Windows*
      INTEL_LIBITTNOTIFY32
      ..\fgt\windows\bin\ia32\vc14.1\fgt.dll
      32-bit collector library
      INTEL_LIBITTNOTIFY64
      ..\fgt \windows\bin\intel64\vc14.1\fgt.dll
      64-bit collector library
      INTEL_ITTNOTIFY_GROUPS
      all;
      Trace events from all groups
      Linux*
      INTEL_LIBITTNOTIFY32
      ../fgt/linux/lib/ia32/cc4.8_libc2.19_kernel3.13.0/libfgt.so
      32-bit collector library
      INTEL_LIBITTNOTIFY64
      ../fgt/linux/lib/intel64/cc4.8_libc2.19_kernel3.13.0/libfgt.so
      64-bit collector library
      INTEL_ITTNOTIFY_GROUPS
      all;
      Trace events from all groups
      macOS*
      INTEL_LIBITTNOTIFY32
      ../fgt/macos/lib/ia32/osx10.12.6_kernel16.7.0/libfgt.dylib
      32-bit collector library
      INTEL_LIBITTNOTIFY64
      ../fgt/macos/lib/intel64/osx10.12.6_kernel16.7.0/libfgt.dylib
      64-bit collector library
      INTEL_ITTNOTIFY_GROUPS
      all;
      Trace events from all groups
  3. Click the
    Accept Run collection
     button. If the application is executed correctly, the trace files are converted to a GraphML* format. The output file is stored in the working directory with a name based on the executable name and the time of the trace collection run.
  4. To examine the trace file, load the GraphML* file into the Flow Graph Analyzer GUI manually.

Product and Performance Information

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