# SUSE MGR 2.1 Feature requests

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/suse-mgr-2-1-feature-requests/27102>\
**Category:** SUSE Multi Linux Manager\
**Created:** [June 2, 2015, 8:53pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/suse-mgr-2-1-feature-requests/27102 "2015-06-02T20:53:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![cisaksen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@cisaksen](https://forums.suse.com/u/cisaksen)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 8:53pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/suse-mgr-2-1-feature-requests/27102/1 "2015-06-02T20:53:07Z")

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Please add:

1. a status page for channel downloads, and not just the % completed, but what is actually being downloaded at the time or at least a log file. Maybe a status indicator when a repo is ready for use.

2. the ability to interactively download a channel on demand.

3. a field that tells you where the repo for the channel reside on the server.

4. ability to rebuild a repo

Thanks

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**Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 7:30am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/suse-mgr-2-1-feature-requests/27102/2 "2015-06-08T07:30:15Z")

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**Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 9:34am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/suse-mgr-2-1-feature-requests/27102/3 "2015-06-09T09:34:16Z")

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[QUOTE=cisaksen;28149]Please add:

1. a status page for channel downloads, and not just the % completed, but what is actually being downloaded at the time or at least a log file. Maybe a status indicator when a repo is ready for use.  
[/QUOTE]  
We thought about this but discarded it. Download is just one of many steps required to make a channel ‘ready to use’. A lot of time is spent in rebuilding the database index, which is hard to track.

[QUOTE=cisaksen;28149]2) the ability to interactively download a channel on demand.  
[/QUOTE]  
You can schedule a refresh of a channel.

[QUOTE=cisaksen;28149]3) a field that tells you where the repo for the channel reside on the server.  
[/QUOTE]  
The repo does not reside on the server, its created on-demand via database queries. Packages are spread all over /var/spacewalk and an individual ‘repo view’ is created on-demand.

[QUOTE=cisaksen;28149]4) ability to rebuild a repo  
[/QUOTE]  
See refresh of channel above.