Database Feature Usage Tracking in Oracle Enterprise Manager

Database Feature Usage statistics in Oracle Enterprise Manager provide an approximation of how often various database features are used. Tracking this information is potentially useful for application development as well as for auditing. You access Database Feature Usage by clicking the Server tab in Oracle Enterprise Manager, and then selecting Database Feature Usage under the Database Configuration group.

The following information is gathered for Oracle Text:

  • Package Usage Statistics

  • Index Usage Statistics

  • SQL Operator Usage Statistics

For package usage statistics, Database Feature Usage captures information about how often, if ever, and when the following packages have been used.

  • CTX_ADM

  • CTX_CLS

  • CTX_DDL

  • CTX_DOC

  • CTX_OUTPUT

  • CTX_QUERY

  • CTX_REPORT

  • CTX_THES

  • CTX_ULEXER

For index usage statistics, Database Feature Usage captures the number of existing indexes in the database. The statistics are captured separately for each index type: CONTEXT, CTXCAT, and CTXRULE.

For SQL operator usage statistics, Database Feature Usage captures whether the user has ever used the CONTAINS, CATSEARCH, and MATCHES operators.

Note:

The feature usage tracking statistics might not be 100% accurate.