diff --git a/bin/addons/base/__openerp__.py b/bin/addons/base/__openerp__.py
index cc1ed3778c6..b68e2e909da 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/__openerp__.py
+++ b/bin/addons/base/__openerp__.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
         'ir/wizard/wizard_menu_view.xml',
         'ir/ir.xml',
         'ir/workflow/workflow_view.xml',
+        'ir/report/ir_report.xml',
         'module/module_view.xml',
         'module/module_data.xml',
         'module/module_report.xml',
diff --git a/bin/addons/base/ir/ir.xml b/bin/addons/base/ir/ir.xml
index cfa76e3853c..99b18dd55c5 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/ir/ir.xml
+++ b/bin/addons/base/ir/ir.xml
@@ -1013,6 +1013,7 @@
                         <field name="model"/>
                         <field name="osv_memory"/>
                         <field name="state"/>
+                        <field name="modules" colspan="4"/>
                     </group>
                     <notebook colspan="4">
                         <page string="Fields">
@@ -1027,29 +1028,26 @@
                                     <field name="state"/>
                                 </tree>
                                 <form string="Fields Description">
-                                    <group colspan="4" col="4">
-                                        <field name="name" select="1"/>
-                                        <field colspan="4" name="field_description" select="2"/>
-                                    </group>
+                                    <field name="name"/>
+                                    <field name="field_description"/>
+                                    <field name="state"/>
 
+                                    <separator string="Properties" colspan="4"/>
                                     <group colspan="2" col="2">
-                                        <separator string="Field Type" colspan="2"/>
-                                        <field name="ttype" select="2"/>
+                                        <field name="ttype"/>
                                         <field name="relation" attrs="{'required': [('ttype','in',['many2one','one2many','many2many'])],'readonly': [('ttype','!=','one2many'), ('ttype','!=','many2one'), ('ttype','!=','many2many')]}"/>
                                         <field name="relation_field" attrs="{'required': [('ttype','=','one2many')], 'readonly': [('ttype','!=','one2many')]}"/>
                                         <field name="selection" attrs="{'required': [('ttype','in',['selection','reference'])], 'readonly': [('ttype','not in',['selection','reference'])]}"/>
                                         <field name="size" attrs="{'required': [('ttype','in',['char','reference'])], 'readonly': [('ttype','not in',['char','reference'])]}"/>
-                                        <field name="state"/>
                                         <field name="domain" attrs="{'readonly': [('relation','=','')]}"/>
                                     </group>
-
                                     <group colspan="2" col="2">
-                                        <separator string="Properties" colspan="2"/>
-                                        <field name="required" select="2"/>
-                                        <field name="readonly" select="2"/>
+                                        <field name="required"/>
+                                        <field name="readonly"/>
                                         <field name="select_level"/>
                                         <field name="translate"/>
                                         <field name="on_delete" attrs="{'readonly': [('ttype','!=','many2one')]}"/>
+                                        <field name="modules"/>
                                     </group>
                                     <separator string="Groups" colspan="4"/>
                                     <field name="groups" colspan="4" nolabel="1"/>
@@ -1078,6 +1076,9 @@
                         <page string="Notes">
                             <field colspan="4" name="info" nolabel="1"/>
                         </page>
+                        <page string="Views">
+                            <field colspan="4" name="view_ids" nolabel="1"/>
+                        </page>
                     </notebook>
                 </form>
             </field>
@@ -1140,7 +1141,7 @@
                         <field name="model_id" attrs="{'readonly': [('state','!=', 'manual')]}"/>
                         <field name="field_description"/>
                         <field name="state"/>
-                          </group>
+                    </group>
                     <notebook colspan="4">
                         <page string="Properties">
                             <group colspan="2" col="2">
@@ -1159,6 +1160,7 @@
                                 <field name="select_level"/>
                                 <field name="translate"/>
                                 <field name="on_delete" attrs="{'readonly': [('ttype','!=','many2one')]}"/>
+                                <field name="modules"/>
                             </group>
                         </page>
                         <page string="Security">
diff --git a/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_model.py b/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_model.py
index 57b489f0c5f..25ee8e2cc97 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_model.py
+++ b/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_model.py
@@ -42,6 +42,20 @@ def _get_fields_type(self, cr, uid, context=None):
             field_types.remove(types)
     return field_types
 
+def _in_modules(self, cr, uid, ids, field_name, arg, context=None):
+    #pseudo-method used by fields.function in ir.model/ir.model.fields
+    module_pool = self.pool.get("ir.module.module")
+    installed_module_ids = module_pool.search(cr, uid, [('state','=','installed')])
+    installed_module_names = module_pool.read(cr, uid, installed_module_ids, ['name'], context=context)
+    installed_modules = set(x['name'] for x in installed_module_names)
+
+    result = {}
+    xml_ids = osv.osv._get_xml_ids(self, cr, uid, ids)
+    for k,v in xml_ids.iteritems():
+        result[k] = ', '.join(sorted(installed_modules & set(xml_id.split('.')[0] for xml_id in v)))
+    return result
+
+
 class ir_model(osv.osv):
     _name = 'ir.model'
     _description = "Objects"
@@ -65,6 +79,12 @@ class ir_model(osv.osv):
         is_osv_mem = self._is_osv_memory(cr, uid, all_model_ids, 'osv_memory', arg=None, context=context)
         return [('id', 'in', [id for id in is_osv_mem if bool(is_osv_mem[id]) == value])]
 
+    def _view_ids(self, cr, uid, ids, field_name, arg, context=None):
+        models = self.browse(cr, uid, ids)
+        res = {}
+        for model in models:
+            res[model.id] = self.pool.get("ir.ui.view").search(cr, uid, [('model', '=', model.model)])
+        return res
 
     _columns = {
         'name': fields.char('Object Name', size=64, translate=True, required=True),
@@ -75,7 +95,9 @@ class ir_model(osv.osv):
         'access_ids': fields.one2many('ir.model.access', 'model_id', 'Access'),
         'osv_memory': fields.function(_is_osv_memory, method=True, string='In-memory model', type='boolean',
             fnct_search=_search_osv_memory,
-            help="Indicates whether this object model lives in memory only, i.e. is not persisted (osv.osv_memory)")
+            help="Indicates whether this object model lives in memory only, i.e. is not persisted (osv.osv_memory)"),
+        'modules': fields.function(_in_modules, method=True, type='char', size=128, string='In modules', help='List of modules in which the object is defined or inherited'),
+        'view_ids': fields.function(_view_ids, method=True, type='one2many', obj='ir.ui.view', string='Views'),
     }
     
     _defaults = {
@@ -152,6 +174,7 @@ ir_model()
 class ir_model_fields(osv.osv):
     _name = 'ir.model.fields'
     _description = "Fields"
+
     _columns = {
         'name': fields.char('Name', required=True, size=64, select=1),
         'model': fields.char('Object Name', size=64, required=True, select=1,
@@ -180,6 +203,7 @@ class ir_model_fields(osv.osv):
         'groups': fields.many2many('res.groups', 'ir_model_fields_group_rel', 'field_id', 'group_id', 'Groups'),
         'view_load': fields.boolean('View Auto-Load'),
         'selectable': fields.boolean('Selectable'),
+        'modules': fields.function(_in_modules, method=True, type='char', size=128, string='In modules', help='List of modules in which the field is defined'),
     }
     _rec_name='field_description'
     _defaults = {
diff --git a/bin/addons/base/ir/report/ir_report.xml b/bin/addons/base/ir/report/ir_report.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3d077f453c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/addons/base/ir/report/ir_report.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<openerp>
+    <data>
+
+        <report id="report_ir_model_overview"
+                string="Model Overview"
+                model="ir.model"
+                name="ir.model.overview"
+                report_type="sxw"
+                file="base/ir/report/modeloverview.sxw"
+                header="False"
+                />
+
+    </data>
+</openerp>
+
diff --git a/bin/addons/base/ir/report/modeloverview.sxw b/bin/addons/base/ir/report/modeloverview.sxw
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..83769b93b94
Binary files /dev/null and b/bin/addons/base/ir/report/modeloverview.sxw differ
diff --git a/bin/osv/orm.py b/bin/osv/orm.py
index e862f2d282e..89b93c41923 100644
--- a/bin/osv/orm.py
+++ b/bin/osv/orm.py
@@ -4190,7 +4190,7 @@ class orm(orm_template):
                     return False
         return True
 
-    def get_xml_ids(self, cr, uid, ids, *args, **kwargs):
+    def _get_xml_ids(self, cr, uid, ids, *args, **kwargs):
         """Find out the XML ID(s) of any database record.
 
         **Synopsis**: ``_get_xml_ids(cr, uid, ids) -> { 'id': ['module.xml_id'] }``
@@ -4224,7 +4224,7 @@ class orm(orm_template):
                  defaulting to an empty string when there's none
                  (to be usable as a function field).
         """
-        results = self.get_xml_ids(cr, uid, ids)
+        results = self._get_xml_ids(cr, uid, ids)
         for k, v in results.items():
             if results[k]:
                 results[k] = v[0]