Dialog Box: Options - General

When displaying a window, show its explanation tip checkbox

Determines whether a help snippet explanation for the current window appears when the Result is opened.

Show the Advisor XE Workflow tab when a new collection starts checkbox

Controls whether the Advisor Workflow tab automatically opens when you run a tool analysis.

Show build settings warning before a new collection starts checkbox

Controls whether a message appears when the build settings (Debug or Release) do not match the suggested build settings for the selected analysis:

• Analysis using the Debug build settings message appears when you run Survey or Suitability tool analysis with Debug build options.

• Analysis using the Release build settings message appears when you run Dependencies tool analysis with Release build options.

Show missing debug information warning checkbox

Controls whether a message appears near the top of the Survey Report window when the target executable does not contain debug information after running the Survey tool.

Show incorrect compiler options warning checkbox

Controls whether a message appears near the top of the Survey Report window when the current compiler options are incorrect.

Show incorrect compiler version warning checkbox

Controls whether a message appears near the top of the Survey Report window when a higher compiler version should be installed.

Show higher ISA available warning checkbox

Controls whether a message appears near the top of the Survey Report window when a higher Instruction Set Architecture should be used.

Show inline debug information warning checkbox

Controls whether a message appears near the top of the Survey Report window when debug information is in the code.

Modeling Assumptions drop-down lists

Set the default values for Modeling Assumptions that appear in the Suitability Report window, such as the scalability graph.

• Maximum CPU Count - specify the maximum number of CPUs to model. This value limits the size you can set for the CPU Count; it also sets the size of the scalability graph CPU Count (X axis). You can set values using power-of-two integers 2, 4, 8, ... up to 8192.

• CPU Count - specify the number of CPUs to model for the target system(s). Set a value using power-of-two integers from 2 up to the chosen Maximum CPU Count. This value sets the default for the Suitability Report window.

• Threading Mode - choose either Intel® TBB, OpenMP*, Intel® Cilk™ Plus, Microsoft TPL*, or Other.

Application output destination radio button

On Linux* OS systems, controls whether the console output from the target is displayed in the Intel Advisor Application Output window (in the Result tab) or in a separate command terminal window.