Opening, Adding and Dropping Experiments

You can open, add and drop experiments from the Analyzer using the File menu. These three operations have the following meanings.

Operation Meaning
Open Clear all data from the Analyzer and open a new experiment.
Add Add data from the specified experiment to the Analyzer. The metrics for the specified experiment are added to the displayed metrics.
Drop Remove data for the specified experiment from the Analyzer. The metrics for the specified experiment are subtracted from the displayed metrics.

Experiments that were recorded for descendant processes are stored inside the parent experiment. You cannot use the file list to open the parent experiment as a folder and select a descendant experiment. To load or add a single descendant experiment, you must enter the name of the descendant experiment in the text field. For example, to load the experiment for the first fork from the parent stored in test.1.er, type test.1.er/_f1.er. All descendant experiments are automatically loaded when you load the parent experiment, but they are filtered out of the data display. To examine the data for a descendant experiment that was automatically loaded, use View and choose  Filter Data in the standalone Analyzer, or Analyze and choose  View and choose  Filter Data in the IDE..

tip You can filter out data for any experiment from the display without dropping the experiment using View and choose Filter Data in the standalone Analyzer, or Analyze and choose  View and choose  Filter Data in the IDE.
tip You can open an experiment while it is being recorded. Each time you open it, the latest data is added and an archive is created.

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