All telemetry snapshot comparisons are created by invoking the telemetry comparison wizard. For more information on snapshot comparisons, please see the snapshot comparison overview.

The wizard has the following steps: Choose comparison type In the first step of the telemetry comparison wizard, you select the desired comparison type, which compares values from the corresponding VM telemetry view: Heap comparison Recorded objects comparison Classes comparison Threads comparison Select snapshots The telemetry comparisons compare two or more snapshot files. In this step, you select whether you want to compare the snapshots that you have selected in the snapshot selector, or whether all snapshot files should be compared. The default selection depends on whether you have selected more than one snapshot in the snapshot selector. Comparison type Each snapshot file contributes one value to the comparison graph. That value can be the current value This is the value when the snapshot was saved, i.e. the rightmost point in the VM telemetry view and the value that is displayed next to the legend entries there. maximum value This is the maximum value during the entire time that the VM telemetry view was recording data. The maximum value is evaluated separately for each snapshot file. value at a bookmark In JProfiler, you can set bookmarks for specific points in time. In addition, there are automatic bookmarks for recording events. If all compared snapshots contain a bookmark with the same name, you can compare values at those times. If you choose this option you have to select a bookmark from the combo box below. Only bookmarks that are contained in all snapshots are displayed. Compared measurements In this step you select which of the measurements from the corresponding VM telemetry view should be compared. You can select any combination of measurements, for each telemetry comparison there's one preferred measurement that's compared by default. The available measurements are: Heap comparison Maximum, free and used heap size (default) Recorded objects comparison Total number of objects (default), non-arrays, arrays Classes comparison Total number of classes (default), filtered classes, unfiltered classes Threads comparison Total number of threads (default), inactive threads, active threads

Any telemetry comparison behaves similarly to the VM telemetry views themselves, on the horizontal axis you see the snapshot numbers from the snapshot selector, the vertical axis remains the same. Effectively, the time axis from the VM telemetry views is replaced by an ordinal snapshot file axis.

There are several view settings that influence the display of the comparison. Please see the help on the VM telemetry views for more information.