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dotTrace API profiling not saving snapshots


I am trying to profile a method using the JetBrains Profiler API (JetBrains.Profiler.Api 1.1.8). The workflow is:

I have tried both of the following code snippets

MeasureProfiler.StartCollectingData();
SomeLongRunningMethod();
MeasureProfiler.SaveData();

.
..
...

MeasureProfiler.StartCollectingData();
SomeLongRunningMethod();
MeasureProfiler.StopCollectingData();
MeasureProfiler.SaveData();

the method executes but I can't see the snapshot anywhere on disk or in dotTrace snapshots. What am I missing?


Solution

  • this was a user error on my end. I used the JetBrains.Profiler.Api which requires you to launch dotTrace before hand and attach accordingly using the API switches. Once I did that, traces showed up as they were supposed to. They also have a JetBrains.Profiler.SelfApi package which can capture traces without attaching to dotTrace beforehand.