Viewing All Indexes Being Monitored Under Another User's Schema

PURPOSE
To show how to view all indexes being monitored.


SCOPE & APPLICATION
Instructional.


Viewing All Indexes Being Monitored Under Another User's Schema:
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V$OBJECT_USAGE does not display rows for all indexes in the database whose
usage is being monitored.

'ALTER INDEX MONITORING USAGE' places an entry in V$OBJECT_USAGE for
that particular index to help determine if the index is being used or not. The
V$OBJECT_USAGE view uses the username logged into database when the 'ALTER
INDEX MONITORING USAGE' is issued. This will not enable any user other
than the user who issued the 'ALTER INDEX MONITORING USAGE' to view if
index is being monitored or not.

The view structure may be changed slightly (see below) in order to expand its
scope system-wide (see below) so that you may see all indexes being monitored.

For example:

Showing User Scott monitoring his Index on EMP table:

SQL> connect scott/tiger
SQL> set LONG 30000

SQL> select text from dba_views where view_name ='V$OBJECT_USAGE';

TEXT
select io.name, t.name,
decode(bitand(i.flags, 65536), 0, 'NO', 'YES'),
decode(bitand(ou.flags, 1), 0, 'NO', 'YES'),
ou.start_monitoring,
ou.end_monitoring
from sys.obj$ io, sys.obj$ t, sys.ind$ i, sys.object_usage ou
where io.owner# = userenv('SCHEMAID')
and i.obj# = ou.obj#
and io.obj# = ou.obj#
and t.obj# = i.bo#


SQL> select index_name, table_name, uniqueness, status from user_indexes
where table_name = 'EMP';

INDEX_NAME TABLE_NAME UNIQUENES STATUS
PK_EMP EMP UNIQUE VALID

SQL> alter index PK_EMP monitoring usage;

Index altered.

SQL> select * from v$object_usage;

INDEX_NAME TABLE_NAME MONITORING USED START_MONITORING END_MONITORING
PK_EMP EMP YES NO 10/12/2001 06:42:35


Then connect as another user to view indexes being monitored:

SQL> connect / as sysdba;

Connected.

SQL> select * from v$object_usage;

no rows selected


To be able to view them do the following:

SQL> create or replace view V$ALL_OBJECT_USAGE
(OWNER,
INDEX_NAME,
TABLE_NAME,
MONITORING,
USED,
START_MONITORING,
END_MONITORING)
as
select u.name, io.name, t.name,
decode(bitand(i.flags, 65536), 0, 'NO', 'YES'),
decode(bitand(ou.flags, 1), 0, 'NO', 'YES'),
ou.start_monitoring,
ou.end_monitoring
from sys.user$ u, sys.obj$ io, sys.obj$ t, sys.ind$ i, sys.object_usage ou
where i.obj# = ou.obj#
and io.obj# = ou.obj#
and t.obj# = i.bo#
and u.user# = io.owner#

View created.


SQL> select * from v$all_object_usage;

OWNER INDEX_NAME TABLE_NAME MON USE START_MONITORING END_MONITORING
SCOTT PK_EMP EMP YES NO 10/12/2001 06:42:35



Related Documents:
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Oracle9i Database Administrator's Guide Volume 1 (Managing Indexes: Monitoring
Index Usage)

Note 144070.1 Identifying unused indexes in Oracle9i