# Profile Window with Methods

Use to customize and capture data during a methods session.

The following table shows the available actions.

Element | Description
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Results |
Pause Live Results | Toggle this icon to pause the live results display.
Update Live Results | Toggle this icon to update the live results display.
Show Delta Values / Show Absolute Values | Toggle this icon to either show delta values or absolute values.
View |
Forward Calls | Use this icon to view forwards calls.
Hot Spots | Use this icon to view hot spots.
Reverse Calls | Use this icon to view reverse calls.
Select Threads | Use this icon to narrow the session scope to specific threads.
Collected Data |
Snapshot | Use this icon to take a snapshot of the session.
Reset Collected Results | Use this icon to discard the already accumulated profiling results.
Process |
Thread Dump | Creates a textual dump of all active threads and monitors of the profiled application.
Heap Dump | Saves an image of the current heap content of the profiled process in .hprof format.
GC | Requests the JVM of the profiled process to invoke garbage collection.

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