Profiles define which sensors are applied to which class or/and method and all the other available instrumentation options. Please read the basic concepts first in order to understand all the configuration elements in inspectIT.
Types
There 3 different profile types in inspectIT at the moment. Each profile type enables configuration of a specific area:
- Sensor assignment - this profile type allows definition of method sensor assignments, thus defining which classes/methods will be instrumented.
- Exclude rules - this profile type defines which classes will always be excluded from the instrumentation.
- JMX definitions - this profile type defines which MBeans and their attribues will be monitored.
Management
Profiles are created and managed with the 
Configuration Interface view. By selecting the Profiles radio button in the Configuration Interface view all the profiles in the selected CMR repository will be displayed:
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New profile can be created by clicking on the 
Add → Create Profile action in the Configuration Interface view tool-bar. The name and type of the profile must be defined, while the description is optional.
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