Set Up Project
Before you run an analysis with
Intel® VTune™
, you must first create a
Profiler
project
. This is a container for an analysis target, analysis type configuration, and data collection results. You use the VTune user interface to create a project. You cannot create one from the command line.
For Microsoft Visual Studio* IDE,
VTune
creates a project for an active startup project, inherits Visual Studio settings and uses the application generated for the selected project as your analysis target. The default project directory is
Profiler
My
in the solution directory.
VTune
Results-[project name]For the standalone graphical interface, create a project by specifying its name and path to an analysis target. The default project directory is
%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\Amplifier XE\Projects
on Windows* and
$HOME/intel//projects
on Linux*.
vtune
To create a
VTune
project for the standalone GUI:
Profiler
- Open theCreate a Projectdialog box using any of the following options:
- Click the
menu button and select
New > Project.... - Click theNew Projecttoolbar button.
- Click theNew Project...hyperlink in theWelcomepage.
For example, on Windows: - In theCreate a Projectdialog box, configure the following settings:Use ThisTo Do ThisProject NamefieldEnter the name of a new project.Locationfield andBrowsebuttonChoose or create a directory to contain the project.Store all your project directories in the same location.Create ProjectbuttonCreate a container*.file and open the Configure Analysis window.projvtune
- Click theCreate Projectbutton.TheConfigure Analysiswindow opens.
Your default project is pre-configured for the
Performance Snapshot analysis. This presents an overview of issues that affect the performance of your application. Click the

Start
button to proceed with the default setup.
To select a different analysis type, click on the name of the analysis in the analysis header section. This opens an Analysis Tree with all available analysis types.
You cannot run a performance analysis or
import analysis data without creating a project.