Measure the time of execution

[Somil]

Hi

Certainly, every body tries to evaluate a vi in terms of performance. This includes the time which a particular code takes to run. We have to use the tick cout vi in order to determine the time of execution.

How about adding an additional button in the  toolbar itself which measures the time taken by a particular code to execute?

This can certainly be a good feature in LabVIEW!!!

[tst]

You can use the timed sequence for this - it has an output called Frame Duration.

Also, if you use the JKI RCF, I posted a plugin here which will wrap a piece of code in a timing structure.

[Somil]

Is it like this that for measuring the execution time,  everytime i will have to use a timed sequence?

[tst]

No. You can use the standard sequence with the tick count primitives (which is what the link in my post pointed to), but the timed sequence requires less setup.

In any case, if you want to time a block of code, you're going to have to tell it when you want to start and end and the most generic solution is a structure. The only relevant structure really is a sequence structure.

[Somil]

Helpful !!!!!!

[smercurio_fc]

This has already been suggested here: Allow a quick "Timing Probe" for Timing Metrics.

[Somil]

Oh, i didnt know that.

[Mark_Yedinak]

If you are looking to time the processing time for an entire VI you can use the profiler.

[JackDunaway]

Also, check out Yair's popular Community Nugget about timing.

[G-Money]

http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW-Idea-Exchange/Allow-a-quick-quot-Timing-Probe-quot-for-Timing-Metric...