fix(viya deploy): run makedata in new window to ensure logs are available for the user

client/src/app/deploy/sections/automatic/automatic.component.ts

@@ -78,6 +78,17 @@ export class AutomaticComponent implements OnInit {
     runMakeData: null
   }
 
+  public sasjsConfig = this.sasService.getSasjsConfig()
+
+  /**
+   * makedata service will be run in a new window
+   * This is needed to ensure that the user can see the logs
+   * and the progress of the service execution.
+   * If this is set to `false`, the service will be run in the same window
+   * using the adapter request method.
+   */
+  public deployInNewWindow: boolean = true
+
   constructor(
     private eventService: EventService,
     private deployService: DeployService,
@@ -246,7 +257,7 @@ export class AutomaticComponent implements OnInit {
   }
 
   public async runAutoDeploy(executeJson: boolean = false) {
-    this.autodeploying = true
+    if (!this.deployInNewWindow) this.autodeploying = true
 
     if (executeJson) {
       this.executeJson()
@@ -255,7 +266,7 @@ export class AutomaticComponent implements OnInit {
     if (this.recreateDatabase) {
       this.createDatabase()
     } else {
-      this.autodeployDone = true
+      if (!this.deployInNewWindow) this.autodeployDone = true
     }
   }
 
@@ -296,6 +307,9 @@ export class AutomaticComponent implements OnInit {
       debug: true
     }
 
+    if (this.deployInNewWindow) {
+      this.runMakedataInNewWindow(selectedComputeContextName)
+    } else {
       this.sasJs
         .request(`services/admin/makedata`, data, overrideConfig, () => {
           this.sasService.shouldLogin.next(true)
@@ -342,6 +356,26 @@ export class AutomaticComponent implements OnInit {
           }
         })
     }
+  }
+
+  public runMakedataInNewWindow(contextName: string) {
+    let serverUrl = this.sasjsConfig.serverUrl
+    let appLoc = this.sasjsConfig.appLoc
+    const execPath = this.sasService.getExecutionPath()
+    let contextname = `&_contextname=${contextName}`
+    let debug = `&_debug=131`
+
+    let programUrl =
+      serverUrl +
+      execPath +
+      '/?_program=' +
+      appLoc +
+      '/services/admin/makedata' +
+      contextname +
+      debug
+
+    window.open(programUrl)
+  }
 
   /**
    * Only when on Viya streamed app, this method will update the `contextname` in the `index.html` on the SAS drive