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Work with Workspaces

To store the results of your investigations, dotMemory uses workspaces. A workspace saves everything you see on the screen: all open analyses, including all collected snapshots, allocation data, and analysis paths. In other words, it saves the current state of dotMemory.

Workspace files location

After the profiling session ends, the workspace file (.dmw) is saved automatically to the default location C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\JetBrains\dotMemory\[version]\Workspaces.

To change the default workspace files location

  1. In Rider settings, open the Build, Execution, Deployment | dotMemory Profiler page.

  2. Specify a new location in the Workspace files location field.

You can automate the cleanup of your workspace files location using the auto-deletion feature. dotMemory will automatically delete workspace files not opened in a specified number of days. If you want to prevent a workspace from auto-deletion, you can mark it as favorite: click the Favorite workspace Add to favorites icon next to the workspace you don't want to be deleted.

To enable workspace location auto-cleanup

  1. In Rider settings, open the Build, Execution, Deployment | dotMemory Profiler page.

  2. In Auto-delete workspaces that were not opened in last [ ] days, specify for how many days workspaces must not be opened to qualify for auto-deletion.

Open workspaces

  1. Open the dotMemory Profiler tool window on the Recent Workspaces tab.

  2. In the list of workspaces, double-click the desired workspace.

Import and export workspaces

To export a workspace means to save it to a separate file applicable for further distribution.

To export a workspace to a file

  1. Open the dotMemory Profiler tool window on the Recent Workspaces tab.

  2. In the list of workspaces, right-click the desired workspace and, in the context menu, select Export.

  3. Select a folder where you want a workspace file to be saved and click OK.

To import a workspace means to open the exported workspace file.

To import a workspace

  1. Open the dotMemory Profiler tool window.

  2. Click Import dotMemory workspace Import Workspace.

Rename workspaces

  1. Open the dotMemory Profiler tool window on the Recent Workspaces tab.

  2. In the list of workspaces, right-click the desired workspace and, in the context menu, select Edit Name.

  3. Rename the workspace and press Enter.

Last modified: 11 July 2024