Summary view - .NET memory data

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The Summary view displays information about the .NET functions and types that allocated the most memory, and the types that were created the most times in a profiling run. For more information, including a description of the Notification Links and Report lists, see Summary view.

Timeline Graph

The timeline graph in the Summary view shows the processor (CPU) utilization by the profiled application over the time that the profiling occurred. You can use the timeline graph to filter the view to a selected time span. For more information, see How to: Filter report views from the Summary Timeline.

Functions Allocating Most Memory

Lists the functions that allocated the greatest number of bytes of memory in the profiling run.

Column Description
Name The name of the function.
Bytes % The percentage of all allocated bytes in the profiling run that were allocated by this function or by a child function that was called by this function.

Types with Most Memory Allocated

Lists the types for which the greatest number of bytes of memory were allocated in the profiling run.

Column Description
Name The name of the type.
Bytes % The percentage of all allocated bytes in the profiling run that were allocated for this type.

Types with Most Instances

Lists the types that were created the most times during the profiling run. had

Column Description
Name The name of the type.
Instances % The percentage of the total number of.NET objects that were created in the profiling run that were instances of this type.

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