No worries. Youve been very helpfulOK, the individual points should be taken (collected) as a single element (plane or other type of surface). Then evaluate the surface as a profile.
It's been a while that I've used any CMM software, and even then there are variations between the different softwares (and settings/prefs within each software). I'm reaching the end of my expertise. Maybe some other Covers with CMM experience can help you go farther.