Dynamic computing progress tracker

A computer-implemented method of dynamically determining progress of a computer-implemented process within an information management system, the computer-implemented method comprising:

• as implemented by one or more hardware processors of a client within the information management system, the one or more hardware processors configured with specific computer-executable instructions,
• receiving a request to perform a job associated with a subclient;
• determining a job type of the job;
• accessing job completion metadata associated with the job type and the subclient;
• estimating a job completion time for the job based at least in part on the job completion metadata;
• determining phases of the job, wherein each phase comprises a distinct task in the performance of the job;
• estimating a phase completion time for each phase of the job based at least in part on the job completion metadata and the job completion time;
• and
• during performance of each phase of the job, displaying an indication of a completion status of the phase of the job based at least in part on the estimated phase completion time corresponding to the phase of the job,
• wherein, when the job completion metadata indicates that less than a threshold number of occurrences of the job have occurred, estimating the phase completion time for each phase of the job comprises assigning a predetermined static completion time to each phase of the job and estimating the job completion time comprises assigning an aggregate static completion time to the job based on the predetermined static completion times assigned to each phase of the job.

A system for dynamically determining progress of a computer-implemented process within an information management system, the system comprising:

• a job progress manager implemented by one or more hardware processors of a client computing system, the job progress manager configured to:
• receive a request to perform a job associated with a subclient;
• determine a job type of the job;
• access job completion metadata associated with the job type and the subclient;
• estimate a job completion time for the job based at least in part on the job completion metadata;
• determine phases of the job, wherein each phase comprises a distinct task in the performance of the job;
• estimate a phase completion time for each phase of the job based at least in part on the job completion metadata and the job completion time;
• and
• during performance of each phase of the job, display an indication of a completion status of the phase of the job based at least in part on the estimated phase completion time corresponding to the phase of the job, wherein the job progress manager is further configured to:
• determine execution time for each job of a set of jobs of the job type over time with respect to the subclient;
• determine an average execution time for the set of jobs based on the execution time for each job of the set of jobs;
• and
• store the average execution time as at least part of the job completion metadata.