How the Visualizer Works

The Visualizer is a stand-alone program to which TotalView sends information. Because it is separate, you can use it in multiple ways:

You can see your program’s data while debugging in TotalView.

You can save the data that would be sent to the Visualizer, and view it later by invoking the Visualizer from the command line.

Figure 165: TotalView Visualizer Relationships

You can use a third party tool to read the datastream sent by TotalView, rather than using the Visualizer.

For more information on adapting a third-party visualizer so that it can be used with TotalView, see “Adapting a Third Party Visualizer”.