Quick TKPROF

1. Find the session to be monitored

SELECT username, sid, serial#, program
FROM v$session
WHERE username = <User_Name>;

2. Enable SQL Tracing

a, Current Session:

ALTER SESSION SET sql_trace = TRUE;
or
execute dbms_session.set_sql_trace(true);

b, Different Session (as SYSDBA):

execute dbms_system.set_sql_trace_in_session(sid, serial#, sql_trace);
e.g.
execute dbms_system.set_sql_trace_in_session(114, 4667, TRUE);

3. Enable Oracle database to gather statistics

ALTER SYSTEM SET timed_statistics = true;  -- at system level
ALTER SESSION SET timed_statistics = true; -- at session level

4. Formatting the output with TKPROF 

TKPROF inputfile outputfile [OPTIONS]
e.g.
tkprof mydb_ora_11915.trc /tmp/tkprof1.txt SYS=NO

5. Find directory where trace file is generated

SELECT value
FROM v$parameter
WHERE name='user_dump_dest';

6. Identify trace file generated

SELECT s.username, s.SID, s.serial#, s.PROGRAM, p.spid
FROM v$session s,
 v$process p
WHERE p.addr = s.paddr and s.username = <User_Name>;

7. Disable tracing for the session

ALTER SESSION SET sql_trace = TRUE;
OR
EXECUTE dbms_system.set_sql_trace_in_session (<sid>, <serial#>, false);