SYSTEM FOR ERROR CHECKING OF PROCESS DEFINITIONS FOR BATCH PROCESSES

• US 20150143376A1
• Filed: 11/20/2014
• Published: 05/21/2015
• 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
• Granted Patent: US 10,083,060 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 718/101
• 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, wherein each operation has a defined input type and a defined output type, and wherein at least one operation operates on a data type that is not a simple data type;

verify that the batch job can run successfully, wherein verifying includes checking that a set of first operation output defined types is compatible with a set of second operation input defined types when a set of first operation outputs is connected to a set of second operation inputs, and wherein verifying includes checking that a parameter used by a calculation in an operation is input to the operation; and

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

2. A system as in claim 1, wherein the one operation is performed on a set of data objects.

3. A system as in claim 2, 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.

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

5. A system as in claim 4, wherein the simple data type comprises one of the following:

an integer, a string, or a real number.

6. A system as in claim 1, wherein the batch job has a time bound.

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

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

receiving a batch job comprising a sequential or parallel flow of operations, wherein each operation has a defined input type and a defined output type, and wherein at least one operation operates on a data type that is not a simple data type;

verifying, using a processor, that the batch job can run successfully, wherein verifying includes checking that a set of first operation output defined types is compatible with a set of second operation input defined types when a set of first operation outputs is connected to a set of second operation inputs, and wherein verifying includes checking that a parameter used by a calculation in an operation is input to the operation.

9. A method as in claim 8, wherein the one operation is performed on a set of data objects.

10. A method as in claim 9, 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.

11. A method as in claim 8, wherein verifying comprises checking that the operation does not operate on a simple data type.

12. A method as in claim 11, wherein the simple data type comprises one of the following:

an integer, a string, or a real number.

13. A method as in claim 8, wherein the batch job has a time bound.

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

15. 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, wherein each operation has a defined input type and a defined output type, and wherein at least one operation operates on a data type that is not a simple data type;

verifying, using a processor, that the batch job can run successfully, wherein verifying includes checking that a set of first operation output defined types is compatible with a set of second operation input defined types when a set of first operation outputs is connected to a set of second operation inputs, and wherein verifying includes checking that a parameter used by a calculation in an operation is input to the operation.

16. The computer program product recited in claim 15, wherein the one operation is performed on a set of data objects.

17. The computer program product recited in claim 16, 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.

18. The computer program product recited in claim 15, wherein verifying comprises checking that the operation does not operate on a simple data type.

19. The computer program product recited in claim 18, wherein the simple data type comprises one of the following:

an integer, a string, or a real number.

20. The computer program product recited in claim 15, wherein the batch job has a time bound.

21. The computer program product recited in claim 15, further comprising executing the batch job.