[profdraper]

Totally agree with & understand the post: there would appear to be no shortcut for this rather obvious modern DAW req & especially for VI composers:

ie, Pull up a VI and record or overdub lots of controller information, expression, filter sweeps, whatever. Then to view and/or tweak this automation there is no way of knowing exactly which CCs are being used. The only way to find this on Tools seems to be rather laboriously looking for a new parameter for each & every lane that might be opened. Rubbish waste of time. Cubase Pro 8 does this with a single right click, 'show all used automation'.

FYI, this is also recently become much more of an issue with the rather wonderful introduction of Komplete Kontrol (software and keyboards). Aside from the fast browsing and patch change functions across all of the NI instruments, KK pulls up macros and automation parameters for all of these, all unique according to instrument. Makes for excellent articulations, automation and overdubs. This is further empowered by detailed arpeggiation, scale and chord functions - all of which can be recorded and overdubbed into the parent DAW via track automation.

In ProTools however, there seems to be no way you can find the damn stuff in the automation lanes apart from hunt & peck. Very happy to be proven wrong if anyone knows the answer, but certainly does not appear in the User Guides.