To use Visual Studio Analyzer services, you must create or open a Visual Studio Analyzer project within the Microsoft development environment. A Visual Studio Analyzer project consists of:
Organizing these items within a project makes it easier for you to share Visual Studio Analyzer data among team members.
For more information on event logs and filters, see Understanding Visual Studio Analyzer Event Logs and Understanding Visual Studio Analyzer Filters.
Visual Studio Analyzer projects are displayed as a node in the Project Explorer pane within the Microsoft development environment. Under the node for your Visual Studio Analyzer project are separate nodes for event logs, filters, and machines. You can add a Visual Studio Analyzer project to a solution or combine more than one Visual Studio Analyzer project within a single solution. The total number of Visual Studio Analyzer projects you can combine depends on your system resources.
You can copy event logs and filters from one project to another, or use a single event log or filter in more than one project. The number of event logs and filters you can include in a single Visual Studio Analyzer project also depends on your system resources.
You can create a Visual Studio Analyzer project with or without using the Visual Studio Analyzer Wizard. The Analyzer Wizard is the fastest way to create a Visual Studio Analyzer project because it steps you through the process of connecting to machines, creating a collection filter (including offering you the choice of several predefined sample filters), and creating an event log. If you do not use the Analyzer Wizard, you need to connect to machines, create a collection filter, and create an event log manually after you create the project. See Creating and Opening Visual Studio Analyzer Projects for step-by-step procedures.