Displaying the Profile Summary

Use the following methods to display the SDAccel™ Profile Summary.

Web Browser

The HTML profile summary can be displayed in a Web Browser by using the following commands.

sdx_analyze profile -i 
sdaccel_profile_summary.csv -f html
The following figure shows the profiling result from a system run on the FPGA.




Profile Summary Viewer

Use the integrated “Profile Summary Viewer” to display profile summary generated from the SDAccel GUI or XOCC/Makefile flow.

For SDAccel GUI users, double click Profile Summary in the Reports window to open the Application Timeline window.

For XOCC/Makefile users, follow these steps to open the profile summary in the Profile Summary Viewer:

  1. Start SDAccel GUI by running the sdx command:
    $sdx
  2. Choose the default workspace when prompted.
  3. Select File > Open File, browse to and then open the .xprf file created by the sdx_analyze command from data generated during an emulation or system run.

Below is a snapshot of the Profile Summary window that displays OpenCL API calls, kernel executions, data transfers, and profile rule checks (PRCs).

Figure: Profile Summary Window