Counter

Describes the hardware counter to collect on the specified events for the kernel-mode session. Use wpr -pmcsources to list counters available in the system. One or more Event elements must also be present in order to specify the events on which to place the counter(s).

Element Hierarchy

• <WindowsPerformanceRecorder>
  • <Profiles>
    • <HardwareCounter>
      • <Counters>
        • <Counter>
      • <Events>
        • <Event>
    • <Profile>
      • <Collectors>
        • <SystemCollectorId>
          • <HardwareCounterId>
            • <Counters>
              • <Counter>
            • <Events>
              • <Event>
          • <HardwareCounter>
            • <Counters>
              • <Counter>
            • <Events>
              • <Event>

Syntax

<Counter Value = "string">
</Counter>

Attributes and Elements

Attributes

Attribute	Description	Data type	Required	Default
Value	Describes the hardware counter	String. See the Remarks section for possible values.	Yes

Child Elements

None.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
Counters	Represents a collection of counters.

Remarks

Counter names are CPU specific. Use wpr -pmcsources to enumerate available values for the Value attribute. Counters are limited resources. There is a limit on the number of counters that can be used at a time per system. The counters are collected and attached to the ETW events specified in the Events element.

Related topics

Elements

HardwareCounter