it looked the last time. With this menu item disabled, the console looks in the current directory. This menu selection is enabled by default.

Remember Main Window Location

Click the menu item to toggle whether HPjmeter places the console window in the same location when you restart.

Cascade Metric Windows

Click the menu item to have HPjmeter open new metric windows position so you can see the windows beneath the newly opened window.

Show Console Guide

The Console Guide is enabled by default and appears in a pane below the main console data pane. Use this menu selection to hide or reveal the guide pane.

Confirm Save When Closing the Main Window

On exiting, HPjmeter will check that all new data collections or sessions have been saved. If they have not been saved, HPjmeter will provide an opportunity to save cached data. This selection is on by default.

Standard PreferencesAllows you to import, export, delete, or reset preference settings.Import Preferences from File

You can import HPjmeter_preferences.xml to populate the preference data of a new installation by placing this file in your home directory and selecting this choice.

Export Preferences to FileYou can save the contents of the backing store by exporting it to a file namedHPjmeter_preferences.xml in your home directory.Delete Preference Backing Store

Use this selection to delete the contents of the backing store. The backing store automatically collects the settings that you choose each time you run HPjmeter.

Reset Default Color Preferences

Resets all color changes made to visualizer displays back to the default settings.

Monitor — Contains these categorical submenus and their associated monitoring metrics:

JVM SummaryCode/CPUMemory/HeapThreads/LocksJVM/System

Help — Provides links to the HPjmeter User's Guide, getting started material, and demonstration instructions.

The Monitor Menu

The Monitor menu provides a summary of JVM information plus four submenus that give access to the lists of specific available metrics. When you select a time slice (live or from a saved file), the appropriate metrics for the Monitor menu become active so you can display the session data in standalone visualizers. For details about specific monitoring metrics, see Using Monitoring Displays (page 117).

Menus for selecting general profile data metrics are accessible within the profiling data viewer. See Using Profile Displays (page 137).

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