# vespa inspect profile

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## vespa inspect profile

Inspect profiling results

### Synopsis

Inspect profiling results previously obtained by vespa query –profile

Note: this feature is experimental and currently under development profiling results can also be analyzed with vespa-query-analyzer (part of vespa installation)

```
vespa inspect profile [flags]
```

### Options

```
-h, --help help for profile
  -f, --profile-file string Name of the profile file to inspect (default "vespa_query_profile_result.json")
```

### Options inherited from parent commands

```
-a, --application string The application to use (cloud only). Format "tenant.application.instance" - instance is optional
  -C, --cluster string The container cluster to use. This is only required for applications with multiple clusters
  -c, --color string Whether to use colors in output. Must be "auto", "never", or "always" (default "auto")
  -i, --instance string The instance of the application to use (cloud only)
  -q, --quiet Print only errors
  -t, --target string The target platform to use. Must be "local", "cloud", "hosted" or an URL (default "local")
  -z, --zone string The zone to use. This defaults to a dev zone (cloud only)
```

### SEE ALSO

- [vespa inspect](vespa_inspect.html) - Provides insight

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- [vespa inspect profile](#page-title)
- [vespa inspect profile](#vespa-inspect-profile)
- [Synopsis](#synopsis)
- [Options](#options)
- [Options inherited from parent commands](#options-inherited-from-parent-commands)
- [SEE ALSO](#see-also)