Here I list the Dictionary Views that can one oracle dba & appsdba use most of t he times.

Data Dictionary Which users are in the database password file: V$PWFILE_USERS Where values set in the init.ora file can be viewed all parameters: V$PARAMETER Script used to create the objects that comprise the data dictionary: catalog.sql To grant a special role to users so they can look at DBA views: SELECT_CATALOG_ROLE Information about all database objects in the database: DBA_OBJECTS Information about all tables in the database: DBA_TABLES Information about all indexes in the database: DBA_INDEXES Information about all views (including dictionary views) in the database: DBA_VIEWS Information about all sequences in the database: DBA_SEQUENCES Information about all users in the database: DBA_USERS Information about all constraints in the database: DBA_CONSTRAINTS Information about all table columns that have constraints on them: DBA_CONS_COLUMNS Information about all columns that have indexes on them in the database: DBA_IND_COLUMNS Information about all columns in all the tables in the database: DBA_TAB_COLUMNS Information about all the roles in the database: DBA_ROLES Information about all object privileges in the database: DBA_TAB_PRIVS Information about all system privileges granted to all users in the database: DBA_SYS_PRIVS Displays all PL/SQL source code in the database: DBA_SOURCE Information about all triggers in the database: DBA_TRIGGERS Information about object privileges granted to roles ROLE_TAB_PRIVS Information about system privileges granted to roles ROLE_SYS_PRIVS Information about roles granted to roles ROLE_ROLE_PRIVS Information about all tablespaces in the database: DBA_TABLESPACES Information about all profiles in the database: DBA_PROFILES For all parameters? V$PARAMETER General information about the database mounted to your instance: V$DATABASE Most information about the performance of the database is kept here: V$SYSSTAT Most information about the performance for individual user sessions is stored he re:

V$SESSION , V$SESSTAT Information about online redo logs (2) V$LOG, V$LOGFILE Information about datafiles V$DATAFILE Basic information about control files, and the two columns it has: V$CONTROLFILE. STATUS / NAME An object you can query to obtain a listing of all data dictionary objects (4) CATALOG, CAT, DICTIONARY, DICT. When the control file was created, Sequence Number, most recent SCN: V$DATABASE Information stored in different sections of the control file, Sequence Number: V$CONTROLFILE_RECORD_SECTION To see the names and locations of all control files in the db? (2) V$PARAMETER. V$CONTROLFILE Tablespace and Datafiles Temporary Segments: Name, tablespace location, and owner of temporary segments: DBA_SEGMENTS Size of temporary tablespaces, current number of extents allocated to sort segments, and sort segment high-water mark information. Space usage allocation for temporary segments: V$SORT_SEGMENT Types of sorts that are happening currently on the database V$SORT_USAGE To see the username corresponding with the session: V$SESSION Information about every datafile in the database associated with a temporary tablespace: DBA_TEMP_FILES Similar to DBA_TEMP_FILES, this performance view gives Information about every datafile in the database associated with a temporary tablespace: V$TEMPFILE Storage Structures A summary view, contains all types of segments and their storage parameters, space utilization settings: DBA_SEGMENTS Tablespace quotas assigned to users: DBA_TS_QUOTAS Segment name, type, owner, total bytes of extent, name of tablespace storing the extent: DBA_EXTENTS The location and amount of free space by tablespace name: DBA_FREE_SPACE The location of free space in the tablespace that has been coalesced: DBA_FREE_SPACE_COALESCED Information about datafiles for every tablespace DBA_DATAFILES Performance view for information for datafiles for every tablespace V$DATAFILE To see the total amount of space allocated to a table? DBA_EXTENTS Table creation timestamp, information about the object ID: DBA_OBJECTS High water mark, all storage settings for a table, and statistics collected as p art of the analyze (for row migration) operation on that table DBA_TABLES Information about every column in every table: DBA_TAB_COLUMNS

To determine how many columns are marked unused for later removal? DBA_UNUSED_COL_TABS To find the number of deleted index entries ? INDEX_STATS To determine the columns on a table that have been indexed: DBA_ID_COLUMNS The dynamic view to show whether the index is being used in a meaningful way? V$OBJECT_USAGE To see whether a constraint exists on a particular column? DBA_CONS_COLUMNS To see the constraints associated with a particular table: DBA_CONSTRAINTS To find the username, ID number, (encrypted) password, default and temporary tablespace information, user profile of a user, password expiry date: DBA_USERS To all objects, which objects belong to which users, how many objects a user has created? DBA_OBJECTS Resource-usage parameters for a particular profile: DBA_PROFILES Identifies all resources in the database and their corresponding cost: RESOURCE_COST Identifies system resource limits for individual users: USER_RESOURCE_LIMITS Shows all system privileges: DBA_SYS_PRIVS Show all object privileges: DBA_TAB_PRIVS Shows all privileges in this session available to you as the current user: SESSION_PRIVS Views for audits currently taking place are created by this script: cataudit.sql a list of audit entries generated by the exists option of the audit command: DBA_AUDIT_EXISTS A list of audit entries generated for object audits: DBA_AUDIT_OBJECT A list of audit entries generated by session connects and disconnects: DBA_AUDIT_SESSION A list of audit entries generated by statement options of the audit command: DBA_AUDIT_STATEMENT A list of all entries in the AUD$ table collected by the audit command: DBA_AUDIT_TRAIL To determine the roles available in the database, the names of all the roles on the database and if a password is required to use each role: DBA_ROLES Names of all users and the roles granted to them: DBA_ROLE_PRIVS All the roles and the roles that are granted to them: ROLE_ROLE_PRIVS Which system privileges have been granted to a role: DBA_SYS_PRIVS All the system privileges granted only to roles: ROLE_SYS_PRIVS All the object privileges granted only to roles: ROLE_TAB_PRIVS All the roles available in the current session: SESSION_ROLES Which object privilege has been granted to a role: DBA_TAB_PRIVS

To display the value of the NLS_CHARACTERSET parameter: NLS_DATABASE_PARAMETERS