Viewing Data Linearly or Hierarchically

Select the hierarchy toggle button () to change the view from linear to hierarchical, Figure 112.

Figure 112: Two Views of the Root Window

When data is displayed hierarchically, you can perform the following additional operations:

Selectively display information using the + or – indicators. The View > Expand All and View > Compress All commands open and close all of this window’s hierarchies.

Sort a column by clicking on a column header.

The hierarchical view can also group similar information. For example, if you sort the information by clicking the Status header, all attached processes are grouped by their status. This lets you see, for example, which threads are held, at a breakpoint, and so on. When information is aggregated (that is grouped) like this, you can also display information selectively.

 

Figure 113: Sorted and Aggregated Root Window