Configurable metadata-based automation and content classification architecture for cloud-based collaboration platforms

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled with and readable by the processor and storing therein a set of instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to process a metadata event in a collaborative cloud-based environment by:
• monitoring metadata associated with each of a plurality of work items in a work space of the collaborative cloud-based environment;
• detecting a change in the metadata associated with a particular work item in the collaborative cloud-based environment based on the monitoring of metadata associated with each of the plurality of work items, the change in the metadata resulting from an action performed on the particular work item by a collaborator of the collaborative cloud-based environment;
• generating a workflow comprising a plurality of jobs and including a set of parameters describing work to be executed in the collaborative cloud-based environment by each job with respect to the particular work item based on the detected change in the metadata associated with the particular work item;
• and
• distributing each job of the generated workflow into a particular job queue to be processed by one or more worker machines in a distributed computing cluster associated with the collaborative cloud-based environment, the particular job queue comprising one of a plurality of job queues.

A non-transitory, computer-readable medium comprising a set of instructions stored therein which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to process a metadata event in a collaborative cloud-based environment by:

• monitoring metadata associated with each of a plurality of work items in a work space of the collaborative cloud-based environment;
• detecting a change in the metadata associated with a particular work item in the collaborative cloud-based environment based on the monitoring of metadata associated with each of the plurality of work items, the change in the metadata resulting from an action performed on the particular work item by a collaborator of the collaborative cloud-based environment;
• generating a workflow comprising a plurality of jobs and including a set of parameters describing work to be executed in the collaborative cloud-based environment by each job with respect to the particular work item based on the detected change in the metadata associated with the particular work item;
• and
• distributing each job of the generated workflow into a particular job queue to be processed by one or more worker machines in a distributed computing cluster associated with the collaborative cloud-based environment, the particular job queue comprising one of a plurality of job queues.