Trace Properties view
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This view enables you to view the properties of the trace.kev file.
Creating the view
With a running trace server and trace compass extension, the Trace Properties View is available from the Views panel in the System Profiler.
To create the view:
- Click Trace Properties View in the Views panel of the Trace Server.
- The table of properties is displayed.

The available types are as follows:
Key | Value |
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Calculated | |
Total Log File Time | The total time span covered by the trace log. |
Total Number of Events | The count of individual events captured in the trace log. |
Dropped buffers | The number of event buffers that were not recorded due to buffer overflow or other reasons. |
Number of CPUs | Number of CPUs. |
Busy time | The cumulative time during which the CPU was actively processing tasks. |
Idle time | The cumulative time during which the CPU was not actively processing tasks. |
Static | |
BOOT_DATE | The system's boot date and time. |
CPU_NUM | The number of CPUs on the system. |
CYCLES_PER_SEC | The number of clock cycles per second for the CPU. |
DATE | The date and time when the trace was captured. |
ENCODING | The size of each event entry in the trace. |
FILE_NAME | The path to the trace file. |
LITTLE_ENDIAN | The endianness of the system. |
MACHINE | The type of machine or architecture. |
NODENAME | The network name of the machine. |
NORMALIZEDN | Numerical value that indicates that the trace was normalized by IDE. |
SYSNAME | The operating system name. |
SYSPAGE_LEN | The length of the system page. |
SYS_RELEASE | The release version of the operating system. |
SYS_VERSION | The build date and time of the operating system. |
TRACELOGGER_ARGS | Tracelogger arguments. |
VER_MAJOR | The major version number of the trace system. |
VER_MINOR | The minor version number of the trace system. |