# An undocumented Intel Advisor requirement

**URL:** <https://forum.access-hive.org.au/t/an-undocumented-intel-advisor-requirement/1546>\
**Category:** Technical\
**Tags:** knowledge-base, profiling-tools\
**Created:** [25 October 2023 05:10 UTC](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/t/an-undocumented-intel-advisor-requirement/1546 "2023-10-25T05:10:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [25 October 2023 05:10 UTC](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/t/an-undocumented-intel-advisor-requirement/1546/1 "2023-10-25T05:10:46Z")

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When you use [Intel Advisor](https://www.intel.com/content/dam/develop/external/us/en/documents/advisor-user-guide.pdf) to collect profiling data from within a PBS job script on Gadi, you usually specify the location of the source search directory using the `--search-dir` option. For an MPI program run via Open MPI, this results in a command line that looks like

```auto
mpirun -np 6 -hostfile hosts.txt advisor --collect=tripcounts --flop --search-dir all:=/g/data/tm70/pcl851/src/cable/CABLE-POP_TRENDY_r9211/offline/cdir.mpi --trace-mpi --no-auto-finalize --project-dir=./advisor_results ./cable-mpi

```

The key undocumented requirement is that the search directory _must not be a hidden directory_ (i.e. a directory with a name starting with `"."`). If the search directory is hidden, then the Intel Advisor GUI will not be able to find the source, even if you specify the search directory in Project Properties.