System for error checking of process definitions for batch processes

• US 10,083,060 B2
• Filed: 11/20/2014
• Issued: 09/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Workday Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Workday Incorporated
• Inventors: Ruggiero, Jonathan David, Quiroga, Salvador Maiorano, Chan, Kevin, Speer, Christopher
• Primary Examiner(s): Kamran, Mehran
• Application Number:
  US14/548,537
• Publication Number:
  US 20150143376A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,405 Days
• Field of Search: 718101
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/466 Transaction processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4843 by program, e.g. task dispatcher, supervisor, operating system
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4881 Scheduling strategies for dispatcher, e.g. round robin, multi-level priority queues

Abstract

A system for processing a batch job comprises a processor and a memory. The processor is configured to receive a batch job comprising a sequential or parallel flow of operations, wherein each operation has a defined input type and a defined output type. The processor is further configured to verify that the batch job can run successfully, wherein verifying includes checking that a first operation output defined type is compatible with a second operation input defined type when a first operation output is connected to a second operation input, and wherein verifying includes checking that a parameter used by a calculation in an operation is input to the operation. The memory is coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions.

Claims

1. A system for processing a batch job, comprising:

a processor configured to;

receive a batch job comprising a sequential or parallel flow of operations and a set of input parameters, wherein each operation has a defined input type and a defined output type, and wherein the operations comprise a first operation, a second operation, and a third operation that operate on a data type that is not a simple data type, wherein the first operation is performed on a set of data objects, wherein the set of data objects comprises one of the following;

a set of employees, a set of organizations, or a set of pay values, and wherein the batch job has a time bound;

verify that the batch job can run successfully, wherein verifying includes;

checking that a first operation output defined type is compatible with a second operation input defined type when a first operation output is connected to a second operation input;

querying the first operation to determine a set of parameters used by calculations in the first operation;

checking that the set of parameters used by the calculations in the first operation is included in the set of input parameters; and

checking that a second operation output defined type and a third operation output defined type are of a common type when a second operation output and a third operation output are connected to inputs of a join operation; and

in response to verifying that the batch job can run successfully, run the batch job; and

a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions.

2. A system as in claim 1, wherein verifying further comprises checking that the first operation does not operate on a simple data type.

3. A system as in claim 2, wherein the simple data type comprises one of the following:

an integer, a string, or a real number.

4. A system as in claim 1, further comprising executing the batch job.

5. A method for processing a batch job, comprising:

receiving a batch job comprising a sequential or parallel flow of operations and a set of input parameters, wherein each operation has a defined input type and a defined output type, and wherein the operations comprise a first operation, a second operation, and a third operation that operate on a data type that is not a simple data type, wherein the first operation is performed on a set of data objects, wherein the set of data objects comprises one of the following;

a set of employees, a set of organizations, or a set of pay values, and wherein the batch job has a time bound;

verifying, using a processor, that the batch job can run successfully, wherein verifying includes;

checking that a first operation output defined type is compatible with a second operation input defined type when a first operation output is connected to a second operation input;

querying the first operation to determine a set of parameters used by calculations in the first operation;

checking that the set of parameters used by the calculations in the first operation is included in the set of input parameters; and

checking that a second operation output defined type and a third operation output defined type are of a common type when a second operation output and a third operation output are connected to inputs of a join operation; and

in response to verifying that the batch job can run successfully, running the batch job.

6. A method as in claim 5, wherein verifying further comprises checking that the first operation does not operate on a simple data type.

7. A method as in claim 6, wherein the simple data type comprises one of the following:

an integer, a string, or a real number.

8. A method as in claim 5, further comprising executing the batch job.

9. A computer program product for processing a batch job, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

receiving a batch job comprising a sequential or parallel flow of operations and a set of input parameters, wherein each operation has a defined input type and a defined output type, and wherein the operations comprise a first operation, a second operation, and a third operation that operate on a data type that is not a simple data type, wherein the first operation is performed on a set of data objects, wherein the set of data objects comprises one of the following;

a set of employees, a set of organizations, or a set of pay values, and wherein the batch job has a time bound;

verifying, using a processor, that the batch job can run successfully, wherein verifying includes;

checking that a first operation output defined type is compatible with a second operation input defined type when a first operation output is connected to a second operation input;

querying the first operation to determine a set of parameters used by calculations in the first operation;

checking that the set of parameters used by the calculations in the first operation is included in the set of input parameters; and

checking that a second operation output defined type and a third operation output defined type are of a common type when a second operation output and a third operation output are connected to inputs of a join operation; and

in response to verifying that the batch job can run successfully, running the batch job.

10. The computer program product recited in claim 9, wherein verifying further comprises checking that the first operation does not operate on a simple data type.

11. The computer program product recited in claim 10, wherein the simple data type comprises one of the following:

an integer, a string, or a real number.

12. The computer program product recited in claim 9, further comprising executing the batch job.