Start Profiling Session

By default, your starting point in dotMemory is the Home page. Here you can start new profiling sessions or open the recent ones.

Choose the New Session | Local tab.
In the central panel in Profile Application, select an application type.
In the right panel, configure profiling settings as described in Configuring Profiling Process.
Click Run.

Choose the New Session | Attach tab.
Do one of the following:
- In the central panel in the list of processes, select the .NET process you want to profile.
  If the process you are looking for is missing, click Refresh to update the list of processes and/or click Show All Processes to grant dotMemory administrative permissions (this will show more processes running in the system).
- Drag the Attach icon onto the application you want to attach to.
1. Only processes running on .NET Framework 4.0 (or later) or .NET Core 3.0 (or later) are displayed and available to attach.
2. dotMemory is unable to collect creation stack traces and traffic information when profiling attached processes.
In the right panel, configure profiling settings as described in Configuring Profiling Process.
Click Run.

Another convenient and quick way to start profiling is to use one of the recent profiling configurations.

Choose the Recent | Launches tab.
For the convenience, the list of recent launches is also grouped by profiled applications. Thus, alternatively, you can choose a particular application name under the Recent tab.
In the central panel find the required profiling configuration and click the corresponding Run button.

Last modified: 08 March 2021