If any of the troubleshooting tips or techniques we've discussed in this chapter causes you to look at an agent and think, "I wonder what makes this agent so slow", then the Agent Profiler should be the next tool to consider. Agent Profiler is another new feature introduced in Notes/Domino 7. It gives you a breakdown of many methods/properties in your LotusScript agent, telling you how often each one was executed and how long they took to execute.

In Notes/Domino 7, the second (security) tab of Agent properties now includes a checkbox labeled Profile this agent. You can select this option if you want an agent to be profiled.

The next time the agent runs, a profile document in the database is created and filled with the information from that execution. This document is then updated every time the agent runs. You can view these results from the Agent View by highlighting your agent and selecting Agent | View Profile Results.

The following is a profile for an agent that performed...