ParaProf can load profile date from many sources. The types currently supported are:
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TAU Profiles (profiles) - Output from the TAU measurement library, these files generally take the form of
profile.X.X.X, one for each node/context/thread combination. When multiple counters are used, each metric is located in a directory prefixed with "MULTI__". To launch ParaProf with all the metrics, simply launch it from the root of the MULTI__ directories. - 
                  
ParaProf Packed Format (ppk) - Export format supported by PerfDMF/ParaProf. Typically .ppk.
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TAU Merged Profiles (snap) - Merged and snapshot profile format supported by TAU. Typically tauprofile.xml.
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TAU pprof (pprof) - Dump Output from TAU's pprof -d. Provided for backward compatibility only.
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DynaProf (dynaprof) - Output From DynaProf's wallclock and papi probes.
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mpiP (mpip) - Output from mpiP.
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gprof (gprof) - Output from gprof, see also the --fixnames option.
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PerfSuite (psrun) - Output from PerfSuite psrun files.
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HPM Toolkit (hpm) - Output from IBM's HPM Toolkit.
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Cube (cube) - Output from Kojak Expert tool for use with Cube.
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Cube3 (cube3) - Output from Kojak Expert tool for use with Cube3 and Cube4.
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HPCToolkit (hpc) - XML data from hpcquick. Typically, the user runs hpcrun, then hpcquick on the resulting binary file.
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OpenMP Profiler (ompp) - CSV format from the ompP OpenMP Profiler (http://www.ompp-tool.com). The user must use OMPP_OUTFORMAT=CVS.
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PERI XML (perixml) - Output from the PERI data exchange format.
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General Purpose Timing Library (gptl) - Output from the General Purpose Timing Library.
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Paraver (paraver) - 2D output from the Paraver trace analysis tool from BSC.
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IPM (ipm) - Integrated Performance Monitoring format, from NERSC.
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Google (google) - Google Profiles.