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Data structure for multiple executable tasks

US10203984B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SAP SE · DE

Inventors

Sonja Barnet · Viernheim, DE
Dirk Baumgaertel · Hockenheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 26, 2016
Grant date	Feb 12, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 29, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/252
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system, method, and computer-readable medium, including receiving a request to create a job chain, the job chain being a data structure and to reference a plurality of simple jobs; specifying the plurality of simple jobs referenced by the job chain, each of the simple jobs including at least one attribute defining an executable task for the simple job; specifying an order of execution for the plurality of simple jobs referenced by the job chain; and generating an instance of the job chain data structure, the generated job chain referencing the plurality of simple jobs and inheriting the at least one attribute of each of the plurality of simple jobs.

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