diff --git a/src/main/resources/xlr/CreateAndStartSubRelease.py b/src/main/resources/xlr/CreateAndStartSubRelease.py
index 8dc0969..bb06f0c 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/xlr/CreateAndStartSubRelease.py
+++ b/src/main/resources/xlr/CreateAndStartSubRelease.py
@@ -6,24 +6,70 @@
 
 import sys
 import time
+import pprint
+
+class bcolors:
+    HEADER = '\033[95m'
+    OKBLUE = '\033[94m'
+    OKGREEN = '\033[92m'
+    WARNING = '\033[93m'
+    FAIL = '\033[91m'
+    ENDC = '\033[0m'
+    BOLD = '\033[1m'
+    UNDERLINE = '\033[4m'
 
 from xlr.XLReleaseClientUtil import XLReleaseClientUtil
 
+def report_variables(variables):
+    print bcolors.OKBLUE + bcolors.BOLD + "inbound variables"
+    print "-----------------------------------"
+    print bcolors.OKGREEN + "{0:25s}|{1:25s} ".format('key', 'value')
+    for k,v in variables.items():
+        print bcolors.BOLD + '{0:25s}| {1:25s}'.format(k,v)
+
+
+
+def report_updatable_variables(updatable_variables, final=False):
+
+    if final:
+        print bcolors.OKBLUE + bcolors.BOLD + "final variable mapping"
+    else:
+        print bcolors.OKBLUE + bcolors.BOLD + "variables in target template needed to be mapped"
+
+    print "-----------------------------------"
+    print bcolors.OKGREEN + '{0:25s} |{1:25s} |{2:25s}'.format("key", "type", "value")
+
+    for var in updatable_variables:
+        key = var['key'].replace('${', '').replace('}', '')
+        type = var['type'].replace('DEFAULT', 'string')
+
+        print bcolors.BOLD + ' {0:25s}| {1:25s}| {2:15s}'.format(key, type, var['value'])
+
+
 def process_variables(variables, updatable_variables):
+
     var_map = {}
     if variables is not None:
         for variable in variables.split(','):
             var_map[variable.split('=', 1)[0]]= variable.split('=', 1)[1]
 
+    report_variables(var_map)
+
     for updatable_variable in updatable_variables:
         key = str(updatable_variable["key"]).strip("${").strip("}")
         if key in var_map:
             updatable_variable["value"] = var_map[key]
+        else:
+            print bcolors.FAIL + "required variable not found : %s " % (key)
+            system.exit(2)
+
+    report_updatable_variables(updatable_variables, final=True)
 
     return str(updatable_variables).replace("u'","'").replace("'", '"').replace("None","null")
 
+
 if xlrServer is None:
-    print "No server provided."
+    print bcolors.FAIL + "No server provided."
     sys.exit(1)
 
 xlr_client = XLReleaseClientUtil.createXLReleaseClient(xlrServer, username, password)
@@ -38,7 +84,6 @@ def process_variables(variables, updatable_variables):
     releaseDescription = ""
 
 release_id = xlr_client.create_release(releaseTitle, releaseDescription, vars, repr(template.tags).replace("'",'"'), template.id.split("/")[1])
-
 # Start Release
 xlr_client.start_release(release_id)
 
@@ -46,10 +91,10 @@ def process_variables(variables, updatable_variables):
 while not asynch:
     status = xlr_client.get_release_status(release_id)
     if status == "COMPLETED":
-        print "Subrelease %s completed in XLR" % (release_id)
+        print bcolors.OKGREEN + "Subrelease %s completed in XLR" % (release_id)
         break
     if status == "ABORTED":
-        print "Subrelease %s aborted in XLR" % (release_id)
+        print bcolors.FAIL + "Subrelease %s aborted in XLR" % (release_id)
         sys.exit(1)
     time.sleep(5)