Profile .NET Process

To profile a .NET process

1. Run dotMemory as a standalone application. The dotMemory Home window will open.

2. Add a run configuration - the configuration that tells dotMemory how to run the profiled application:

   • Under Choose what you want to profile, New Process Run, click Add run configuration.

   • In the New Run Configuration wizard, choose .NET Process and click Next.

   • If required, in Set environment variables specify environment variables. Each variable must be specified on a new line.

   • Click Save.

3. Make sure the created run configuration is selected in the New Process Run list.

4. Under Choose how you want to profile it, specify profiling options:

   • If you cannot guarantee that the profiled process will be the first process started after you run the profiling session, set up a process filter.

   • If required, specify other profiling options.

5. If you want dotMemory to start collecting the stack trace allocation data * right after you start the session, under Run profiling, select Collect memory allocation and traffic data from start.

6. Click Start. This will start the profiling session.

7. Go through a particular workflow in your application (if you want to check it on potential memory issues) or reproduce a particular memory issue. Collect memory snapshots using the Get Snapshot button. Learn more about how to control the profiling session

8. After you collect the data, either close the profiled application or detach the profiler using the Detach button.

9. Analyze the collected snapshots.