Collecting elapsed time information gives you a broad measure of where your application is spending the most elapsed, or wall-clock, time. Elapsed time includes wait loops and other factors, both internal and external to your application, that affect how long it takes for your application to complete. To collect elapsed time information on your application: o Compile and link your application with the PCA Collector o Run your application. This causes the PCA Collector to take control of your application. PCA diplays the Collector main window on your screen. o From the File pull-down menu, create a data file into which the Collector places performance data. o Choose the Process Execution query category. o Click on the elapsed time query. o Click on Collect in the Collector main window. For information on displaying the results of the elapsed time data collection, you can refer to: o The hardcopy manual, Guide to DIGITAL Performance and Coverage Analyzer for OpenVMS Systems o The online help for the PCA Analyzer.