How to: Create a profiling tools ETW report

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The Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) report lists the ETW events that are recorded in a performance session of Visual Studio Profiling Tools. ETW data is collected in a binary (.etl) file. For more information about this report, see Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) report.

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You cannot display ETW reports in the interface for Visual Studio.

  • For information about how to collect ETW data by using the interface for Visual Studio, see How to: Collect Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) data.

  • For information about how to collect ETW data from a command prompt, see VSPerfCmd and Events.

    You generate the ETW report by using the VSReport/summary:etw command. The .etl that contains the ETW data must be in the same directory as the profiling data (.vsp or .vsps) file. By default, the report is generated as a comma-separated value (.csv) file. For more information, see VSPerfReport.

To generate an ETW report

  • In a Command Prompt window, type the following command line:

    ToolsPath VSPerfReport VSPFile /Summary:ETW [/Xml]

    Item Description
    ToolsPath The path of the Profiling Tools utility. For more information, see Specify the path to command-line tools.
    VSPFile The profiling data (.vsp or .vsps) file. Full and partial paths are accepted.
    Xml Generates a report that is formatted in XML.