diff --git a/scripts/run_tests_locally-forecaster.sh b/scripts/run_tests_locally-forecaster.sh
index 4a3300b23d6548006931acffd08ec8be2e3b9827..eaa3ab6f953bc640ce4b2415b72189114c9f8b27 100755
--- a/scripts/run_tests_locally-forecaster.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_tests_locally-forecaster.sh
@@ -20,5 +20,6 @@ cd $PROJECTDIR/src
 RCFILE=$PROJECTDIR/coverage/.coveragerc
 
 # Run unitary tests and analyze coverage of code at same time
-coverage run --rcfile=$RCFILE --append -m pytest --log-level=INFO --verbose \
+# helpful pytest flags: --log-level=INFO -o log_cli=true --verbose --maxfail=1 --durations=0
+coverage run --rcfile=$RCFILE --append -m pytest --log-level=DEBUG -o log_cli=true --verbose \
     forecaster/tests/test_unitary.py
diff --git a/src/forecaster/tests/Tools.py b/src/forecaster/tests/Tools.py
index 0e71447d771135c99d471b3244dffc9b11476a81..026a02035a2161dbfdce08a475bfd136108bf3f9 100644
--- a/src/forecaster/tests/Tools.py
+++ b/src/forecaster/tests/Tools.py
@@ -12,17 +12,19 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-import calendar, math, pandas
+import calendar, logging, math, pandas
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from typing import Dict
 from common.tools.object_factory.Context import json_context
 from common.tools.object_factory.Device import (
     json_device_emulated_connect_rules, json_device_emulated_packet_router_disabled, json_device_id
 )
-from common.tools.object_factory.EndPoint import json_endpoint_descriptor, json_endpoint_id
+from common.tools.object_factory.EndPoint import json_endpoint, json_endpoint_descriptor, json_endpoint_id
 from common.tools.object_factory.Link import json_link
 from common.tools.object_factory.Topology import json_topology
 
+LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 def time_datetime_to_int(dt_time : datetime) -> int:
     return int(calendar.timegm(dt_time.timetuple()))
 
@@ -36,8 +38,13 @@ def time_utc_now_to_float() -> float:
     return time_datetime_to_float(time_utc_now_to_datetime())
 
 def read_csv(csv_file : str) -> pandas.DataFrame:
+    LOGGER.info('Using Data File "{:s}"...'.format(csv_file))
+
+    LOGGER.info('Loading...')
     df = pandas.read_csv(csv_file)
+    LOGGER.info('  DONE')
 
+    LOGGER.info('Parsing and Adapting columns...')
     if 'dataset.csv' in csv_file:
         df.rename(columns={'linkid': 'link_id', 'ds': 'timestamp', 'y': 'used_capacity_gbps'}, inplace=True)
         df[['source', 'destination']] = df['link_id'].str.split('_', expand=True)
@@ -46,18 +53,26 @@ def read_csv(csv_file : str) -> pandas.DataFrame:
         df.rename(columns={
             'target': 'destination', 'id': 'link_id', 'ds': 'timestamp', 'demandValue': 'used_capacity_gbps'
         }, inplace=True)
+    LOGGER.info('  DONE')
 
+    LOGGER.info('Updating timestamps...')
     df['timestamp'] = pandas.to_datetime(df['timestamp'])
     max_timestamp = time_datetime_to_int(df['timestamp'].max())
     now_timestamp = time_datetime_to_int(datetime.now(tz=timezone.utc))
     df['timestamp'] = df['timestamp'] + pandas.offsets.Second(now_timestamp - max_timestamp)
+    LOGGER.info('  DONE')
+
+    LOGGER.info('Sorting...')
     df.sort_values('timestamp', ascending=True, inplace=True)
+    LOGGER.info('  DONE')
+
     return df
 
 def compose_descriptors(df : pandas.DataFrame) -> Dict:
     devices = dict()
     links = dict()
 
+    LOGGER.info('Discovering Devices and Links...')
     #df1.groupby(['A','B']).size().reset_index().rename(columns={0:'count'})
     df_links = df[['link_id', 'source', 'destination']].drop_duplicates()
     for row in df_links.itertuples(index=False):
@@ -86,18 +101,21 @@ def compose_descriptors(df : pandas.DataFrame) -> Dict:
                 'dst_dev': dst_device_uuid, 'dst_port': src_device_uuid,
                 'total_capacity_gbps': total_capacity_gbps, 'used_capacity_gbps': used_capacity_gbps,
             }
+    LOGGER.info('  Found {:d} devices and {:d} links...'.format(len(devices), len(links)))
 
+    LOGGER.info('Composing Descriptors...')
     _context  = json_context('admin', name='admin')
     _topology = json_topology('admin', name='admin', context_id=_context['context_id'])
     descriptor = {
+        'dummy_mode': True, # inject the descriptors directly into the Context component
         'contexts': [_context],
         'topologies': [_topology],
         'devices': [
             json_device_emulated_packet_router_disabled(
-                device_uuid, name=device_uuid, config_rules=json_device_emulated_connect_rules([
-                    json_endpoint_descriptor(endpoint_uuid, 'copper', endpoint_name=endpoint_uuid)
+                device_uuid, name=device_uuid, endpoints=[
+                    json_endpoint(json_device_id(device_uuid), endpoint_uuid, 'copper')
                     for endpoint_uuid in device_data['endpoints']
-                ]))
+                ], config_rules=json_device_emulated_connect_rules([]))
             for device_uuid,device_data in devices.items()
         ],
         'links': [
@@ -109,4 +127,5 @@ def compose_descriptors(df : pandas.DataFrame) -> Dict:
             for link_uuid,link_data in links.items()
         ],
     }
+    LOGGER.info('  DONE')
     return descriptor