Intel® Advisor GUI and Microsoft Visual Studio* Integration
Intel® Advisor
GUI and Microsoft Visual Studio* IntegrationSteps to
ramp up with
.
Intel® Advisor
GUI and get quick resultsThis section provides simple steps to get quick results and grasp the overall idea of how you can use
Intel® Advisor
. For detailed guidelines refer to the ultimate
Get Started with Intel® Advisor
.
Run the
Intel Advisor GUI
Run the
Intel Advisor
GUIThe
GUI is available:
Intel® Advisor
- On the Microsoft Windows* OS:
- Intel® Advisor: From theStartmenu, chooseAll Programs>Intel Parallel Studio XE>.Intel Advisor [version]
- Intel® Advisor Beta: From theStartmenu, choose .
- In the Microsoft Visual Studio*: From theToolsmenu, choose>Intel Advisor [version]Vectorization and Threading Advisor Analysis.
- From a command line on Windows* or Linux* OS systems. Type theadvixe-guicommand and optionally specify apathto one of following:
- Full (absolute) path to a result file (*.advixe)
- Full path to a project file (config.advixeproj)
- Full path to a project directory. If there is no project file in the directory, theCreate a Projectdialog box opens and prompts you to create a new project in the given directory.
On Windows systems, if the
path
contains embedded spaces, enclose it in quotation marks.
Create New Project
In case of Microsoft Visual Studio* integration, you can skip this step, as Intel Advisor creates new project automatically when opened.
Intel Advisor
uses Visual Studio Project Properties to configure the
Intel Advisor
project.
If it is not displayed, to view the Welcome Page, click
View
>
Welcome
.
Use the
Welcome Page
to create a new project, view the Current project (already open), open a Recent project (or any existing project), and view the
Intel Advisor
Getting Started page.
Run an Analysis
In the
Workflow tab, click
Collect
next to the analysis type that you need to run. For example, run
Survey Analysis
.

View Result
After the collection is over, Intel Advisor presents the collected results in
Report
tabs.

After investigating the vectorization blocking factors, studying Advisor recommendations, and making decisions of further optimizations, create a Snapshot.
Create Snapshot
Create a snapshot of the analysis results so that you can compare performance statistics before and after making changes in the target application's code. To create a snapshot,
- In the Microsoft Visual Studio: go toTools>>Intel Advisor [version]Create Data Snapshot.
The Snapshot opens in a separate tab with run analysis buttons unavailable and the (read only) label on the tab selector.

Re-run the Analysis and Compare Results
After making changes in the source code and recompiling the application, you need to re-run the analysis to see if the application performance changed as you expected.
To re-run the analysis, switch back to the result tab, and click the same
Collect
button you clicked before. Once the analysis is over, you can compare the current results with the ones collected earlier.