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10<h1>Overview</h1>
11The performance results tool provide an easy way to look at results collected
12while running performance tests on a build. It is accessible using the <b>Performance Results</b>
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16There are 4 views in this perspective:
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18<li><a href="components.html">Components view</a>: This is the view to see
19the results in details for each components</li>
20<li><a href="builds.html">Builds view</a>: This is the view to see all builds,
21update local data and generate results when necessary</li>
22<li><a href="results.html">Components Results view</a>: This is the view to
23see whole results for each machine in a single table</li>
24<li><a href="properties.html">Properties view</a>: Display element properties
25(typically results numbers and other database information)</li>
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28The goal of this tool is both to look at performance results database numbers
29and to verify whether a build result may have scenario showing performance regression.
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31The view to use to look at performance results number is the <a href="components.html">Components view</a>.
32In this results are displayed in a hierarchical tree which have a similar structure
33than the generated HTML pages (e.g.
34<a href="http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/R-3.5-200906111540/performance/performance.php">Eclipse 3.5.0</a>).
35The complete performance results information is provided on each element of the tree in the
36<a href="properties.html">Properties view</a>. This is typically useful when a scenario
37results looks weird to have the ability to verify that the numbers looks correct
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40The view to verify whether a regression occurs is the <a href="results.html">Components Results view</a>.
41All results for one component are shown in a single table which also provides
42all necessary information to decide whether a noticed regression could be confirmed
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