Add counters from a template

Counter templates are pre-defined sets of counters. They provide a quick way to review performance of both CPU and GPU behavior, in particular to analyze Arm® Mali™ GPU performance.

Before you begin

Set up your host machine and connect to a target device as described in the relevant Streamline target setup guide.

About this task

To use the most appropriate counter template for your Arm GPU, select the Capture Arm GPU profile checkbox. If you would rather choose a different template, or configure your own, follow this procedure.

Procedure

  1. In the Start view, select the Use advanced mode checkbox.

  2. Click Select Counters.

    The Select Counters dialog box opens.

  3. Click Add counters from a template templates to see a list of available templates.

  4. Select a template from the drop-down list, then Save your changes.

    • Streamline notifies you if the target device does not support all the counters that are defined in the selected template.

    • If a template shows a number with a +, such as (55/55+), the template contains wildcards that cannot be resolved until the counters are dynamically generated. After you have captured your profile, if you do not see the results that you expect, then you must add different counters to your template.

Results

The template populates the Events to collect list, and the template file is added to the Selected Templates list in the drop-down list.

Next steps

If the template does not include some events that you want to profile, then you must add them manually. See Create a custom counter configuration for more information about how to create a custom counter configuration.