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Profiling Overview
The Profile page shows data regarding how long it takes XperienCentral to render content elements and presentations and to handle Siteworks requests. This information is crucial for evaluating the performance of specific elements and presentations as well as the handling of requests. If it takes XperienCentral an unusually long time to render a specific presentation, it could be an indication that there are issues with the JSP. If the handling of Siteworks requests takes an unusually long time, it could be an indication that the system is experiencing an unusually high load or that the server is running near its maximum capacity. The Profiling Overview shows much more detailed information than the Performance Dashboard.
To view the Profile page, navigate to the following URL in a browser:
<domain>{context path}/admin/profile
For example:
http://gxsoftware.com/web/admin/profile
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Overview
Searching in the Profile Overview
Updating and Clearing the Log
Overview
The Overview table contains the following columns:
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Thread | The name of the thread. |
| When | The time that the request was executed. The time zone shown is UTC. |
| Name | The action(s) that were executed by the request. |
| Total time (ms) | Shows the total time, in milliseconds, that the request took to complete, including overhead (name of the thread plus the details shown when the request is expanded). This is always larger than the "Self time". |
| Self time (ms) | Shows the total time, in milliseconds, that the specific action related to the thread took to complete. This is always smaller than the "Total time". |
The entries in the list can be expanded and collapsed. When expanded, the nested entries are shown in a hierarchy. The nested entries show the notable requests that are present in the main request shown at the topmost level.
Searching in the Profile Overview
You can perform searches in the Profile Overview for a specific entry or entries containing the same string. You can search for a string or using a string in combination with one or more regular expressions. To use a regular expression, select "RegEx". Only those entries matching what you searched for will appear in the log.
Updating and Clearing the Log
When you first load the Profile Overview, all the activity for the past x hours is shown where x is the value appearing in the "Min time" field. To update the log, click [Update]. To clear the log, click [Clear results].
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startup_settings
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
base_directory | Specifies the base folder for application data. |
config_filename | Specifies the location of the XperienCentral configuration file that determines which license components you have purchased. |
context | Specifies the context path. This is the path that appears directly after the base URL of the home page of the website, /web for example. |
use_distributed_siteworks | Specifies whether to use distributed Siteworks. |
wcb_directory | Specifies the folder to use for deploying plugins. |