<STRONG>Progress Profiler Application</STRONG> for Progress 8.2+. Download the zip file here. A performance profiler is a common and useful tool for a software developer. In brief, a profiler provides a "profile" of a particular execution. A profiler generally provides timing information and call-tree information; with that, an engineer can analyze where their program is spending most of its time and what part of the application is calling what other part of the application.