Feature request: Elapsed time since last log item column

[mriffey]

Recently I was working with another dev on some performance issues. At one point, i took the dbv++ output, pasted it into a blank email (to get the spacing formatted), then took that and pasted it into Excel. I then added a column for Elapsed time (this step) and added a formula to calculate for each line how much time had elapsed since the last log entry. A simple process, but kind of cumbersome.

Adding an elapsed time since last log entry column would be useful for such testing. Example screenshot below.

[janwilmans]

A you aware of the 'clock icon' at then top of the screen ? It switches from system clock to 'delta time' using steady clock. 'delta time' displays elapsed time from the top of the view and the view can be reset to a certain line you want. The delta time is also more accurate, the system clock has a 16ms resolution, while the steady-clock has (on most systems) a sub-millisecond resolution.

Finally: delta-time does not 'change' when you happen to have:

• a time-zone transitions
• daylight saving time changes
• a sync with a time-server (the system clock could move backwards in time)

The delta-time uses steady-clock to avoid all of this.

[janwilmans]

Also:

[mriffey]

Yep. Im talking about an additional column next to that which shows the time since the last log entry, not the current delta time since the log started. The screenshot I included shows that (created in excel) and the column to the left of the elapsed column in the screenshot is the delta time from a debugview log.

[janwilmans]

Ah, right. sounds like that would not be too difficult to add, any suggestion how to fit it in the UI ? (menu-wise) ?

[mriffey]

Column-wise, Id put it next to the time column, regardless of format. Menu-wise, Id put it on View with the other time-related items.

[janwilmans]

I have thought about this and I really like the idea

[mriffey]

Great news, Jan. Ill be happy to test it when it’s available.