How can I tell if my SDP process is still running the 'initial' load?

Question

You cannot run any sql statements on a DashDB that result in locks that will conflict with the schema discovery process (SDP) during the initial load. See here for more information:

SQLCODE=-911 : "warehouser_error_message": "File <<filename>>.csv.zip could not be loaded due to an exception in dashDB

Question: How can I verify if SDP is running the initial load?

Answer 1

Log in to the Cloudant dashboard and select the _warehouser database. Inside that database, select the document that represents the SDP that you are trying to verify the status of. Inside that document, look for the tag sub_status:

  "replication_status": {
    "yourdatabase": {
      ...
      "sub_status": "initial",
      ...
    }
  },

This will be set to initial for the initial load and continuous when the initial load has finished.