Job scheduling and monitoring

A system comprising:

• a processor coupled to a memory, the processor configured to execute machine-executable instructions stored in the memory that when executed perform acts comprising:
• conveying, for display on a display device, a timeline view of one or more data slices comprising pieces of data of a continuum comprising a data set, wherein each data slice includes a length, and start and end times;
• detecting a first signal from a user selecting a data slice from the one or more data slices in the view;
• determining one or more related data slices to the user selected data slice automatically based on data dependencies, wherein the one or more related data slices comprise at least one of one or more data slices that depend from the user selected data slice or one or more data slices from which the user selected data slice depends;
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• conveying, for display on the display device, a visualization of the user selected data slice and the one or more related data slices visually distinct from one or more other data slices in the view.

A computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that enable at least one processor to perform a method upon execution of the instructions, the method comprising:

• conveying, for display on a display device, a timeline view of one or more data slices comprising pieces of data of a continuum comprising a data set, wherein each data slice includes a length, and start and end times;
• receiving a first signal from a user selecting a data slice from the one or more data slices in the view;
• determining one or more related data slices to the user selected data slice automatically based on data dependencies, wherein the one or more related data slices comprise at least one of one or more data slices that depend from the user selected data slice or one or more data slices from which the user selected data slice depends;
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• conveying, for display on the display device, a visualization of the user selected data slice and the one or more related data slices visually distinct from one or more other data slices in the view.