# Output explain info in script

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/output-explain-info-in-script/32499
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [October 19, 2015, 3:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/output-explain-info-in-script/32499 "2015-10-19T15:04:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Mauricio\_Scheffer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mauricio_scheffer/32/905_2.png) [@Mauricio\_Scheffer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mauricio_Scheffer)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2015, 3:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/output-explain-info-in-script/32499/1 "2015-10-19T15:04:19Z")

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Hi, is it possible to output explain info from a groovy script?  
Basically I have a potentially complex script and I'd like to generate as much debug information as I can.

Thanks

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### Author: ![jpountz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jpountz/32/45836_2.png) [@jpountz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jpountz)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2015, 10:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/output-explain-info-in-script/32499/2 "2015-10-20T22:50:01Z")

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I know this can make working with scripts very painful but I don't think we have a good solution to that.

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 11:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/output-explain-info-in-script/32499/3 "2017-07-05T23:43:45Z")

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