Profiler Basics
This Business Central tool helps admins measure code performance directly within the client interface.
What is the In-Client Performance Profiler?
This metric, shown in the Performance Profiler, indicates the total time a piece of code takes to execute.
What is execution time?
This action starts a profiling session in Business Central to track code execution time.
What is Start Profiling?
This visual feature in the Performance Profiler highlights the most time-consuming code operations in a profiling session.
What is the call tree?
This environment type is recommended for running the Performance Profiler to avoid impacting live operations.
What is a sandbox environment?
This type of AL object is often analyzed with the Performance Profiler to optimize custom business logic.
What is a codeunit?
Schedule performance profiles to run at specific times based on different criteria to troubleshoot performance issues.
What is the Performance Scheduler?
Filtering Criteria:
Activities in the browser, background tasks (incl. job queues), and web service calls.
What is an Activity Type?
This setting, when enabled in a sandbox, allows the Performance Profiler to capture data for extensions making HTTP calls.
What is Allow HttpClient Requests?
This page is where you can view the profiles generated by profiler schedules.
What is the Performance Profiles page?