Have you looked at whether PL/Scope information could be used within TOAD? I’d be particularly interested in whether the Used By data could be enhanced to include additional PL/Scope information (if available).
What I’d really like to see on the Used By tab of TOAD is how a package is used by another package (not just that it is). For example, is the reference to a procedure/function call or a package variable perhaps. Would PL/Scope provide us with that detail and could it be easily (and efficiently) added to the Used By result set?
As you can see, I’ve not had a chance to play with it myself so I’m wondering if anyone else has looked at PL/Scope and how we might be able to start enhancing TOAD to take advantage of this additional information.
Richard
OK, I’ve had a bit of a play with it and it’s not perfect. I don’t think its easily queried and would likely result in too big a performance hit on the Used By results (due mainly to the recursive structure of the data). I’d be happy to be proved wrong though. 
I’d be just as happy with being able to view the results from ALL_SOURCE where the line(s) of code was LIKE my referenced package. An option to fetch extended results in the Uses/Used By tab perhaps?
It’s a popular idea at least:
http://toadfororacle.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Used-By-tab-being-more-informative/313080-8477
Querying _Identifiers, using “start with/connect by” is nearly instantaneous in SQLPlus. I would really like a graphical representation of the result to facilitate comprehension of the flow, filtering for specific objects / subobjects, and a few utilities, such as auditing for global variables used only in one subobject. Has anything been done in this direction?
Thanks,
