I have run into the situation numerous times (especially when working on Magento sites that were setup by other people) where configuration has been set on the website or store view levels when it didn’t need to be. You definitely cannot assume that people will always understand configuration scope.
The thing that kind of surprises me is that there is no flag/message/etc. that tells you that a setting has been set at a lower level. If you are looking at the default config, and someone has set some settings on the website level, you’ll never know unless you change the scope to the website level and find it. It would be great if there was a flag or a message next to any system config value that lets you know that settings have been set on the website/store view level. And, with multi-site instances, it should tell you which specific websites have other settings set.
I think I remember trying to create a module to do this a while back, and had a tough time figuring out how to do it well. I may take a look into it again and see if I have some better luck this time, but if anyone wants to join me in trying to figure it out – that would be awesome. It’s something the Magento community could really benefit from.
That is a great idea. Often I find myself wondering why something’s doing something I don’t expect and it’s only an hour later when I realise it has been configured at a bizarre scope! (Quite often by myself and I’d just forgotten!
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Great idea!
This types tools is really helpful for everyone because it provide better ranking details in short time just setup details as per guideline and it is save time and money.
Maybe this module can be a starting point
http://alanstorm.com/magento_configuration_search
Look at the video
I found this on the connect
it should fit your needs.
http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/scope-hint.html
Kind Regards