[OLAP DML] display on screen the output while the program is running

Question

Hi,
I'm running a script in AWM that is quite long, and I've placed some few 'show' so that I know what the program is doing, but it won't show on the screen the outputs until the program ends. I guess it writes all the outputs in a kind of buffer and release the content of the buffer at the end of the program.
How could I have it to release this buffer continuously?
Thanks

Answer 1

i think the relational analogy would be an anonymous pl/sql block executing a list of commands while outputting a list of useful dbms_output.put_line log statements:
Just as with SHOW and olap worksheet cmd line, you cant see the running dbms_output log while the pl/sql program is running... you need to wait for it to complete before you can see the log.
You can write to a file and close/exit the file each time or you can write to log table and commit each time but i guess, some such heavy lifting is needed if you want to track the long running process mid-way.
NOTE: For regular operations like dbms_cube.build load/forecast/allocate process/steps, you can always run queries against CUBE_BUILD_LOG etc mid-way. But if it's pure olap dml actions being performed then no neat pre-built handle to check things mid-way exists.