Metadata driven dataset management

A data as a service (DAAS) system that configures operation of the software of the DAAS system during run time as opposed to recompiling and redistributing the software of the DAAS system, wherein the configuring includes at least one of configuring ingestion of a vendor dataset to produce an ingested dataset and which analysis operations to perform on the vendor dataset to produce an analyzed dataset and wherein the configuring also includes at least one of how to search the vendor dataset based on a search query from a customer to allow the customer to locate a new record from the vendor dataset and how to match records in the vendor dataset with a match query from the customer to provide an updated record to the customer, comprising:

• an ingestion service to ingest the vendor dataset to produce the ingested dataset, wherein the vendor dataset represents data of a vendor to be made accessible to a customer of the DAAS system;
• an analysis service to analyze the vendor dataset to produce the analyzed dataset, wherein ingestion/search metadata configures at least one of the ingestion service and the analysis service at run time of the DAAS system, wherein the ingestion/search metadata when used for the ingestion service includes ingestion metadata that describes a structure of the vendor dataset, and wherein the ingestion/search metadata when used for the analysis service includes search metadata that indicates a set of analysis operations to be performed on the vendor dataset;
• a search service to query the vendor dataset to produce a search query result using the search query and the analyzed dataset;
• a match service to query the vendor dataset to produce a match query result using at least one of match key metadata, match rule metadata, and ranking metadata to configure match service at run time of the DAAS system, wherein the match key metadata indicates fields in the vendor dataset to generate one or more match keys for the vendor dataset and the match query to determine one or more candidate records from the vendor dataset, the match rule metadata indicates one or more match rules to apply to the one or more candidate records to determine one or more matched records, and the ranking metadata indicates weights to apply to the matched records to determine the match query result and
• a serving interface to provide at least one of the search query result and the match query result to the customer of the DAAS system.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by a set of one or more processors of an electronic device, cause the electronic device to:

• receive a vendor dataset representing data of a vendor to be made accessible to a customer of the electronic device;
• receive ingestion/search metadata that represents configuration information for the vendor;
• receive one or more of match key metadata, match rule metadata, and ranking metadata that represents configuration information for the vendor;
• ingest the vendor dataset to produce an ingested dataset;
• analyze the vendor dataset to produce an analyzed dataset, wherein the ingestion/search metadata configures at least one of the ingesting and the analyzing at run time of the electronic device, wherein the ingestion/search metadata when used for the ingesting includes ingestion metadata that describes a structure of the vendor dataset, and wherein the ingestion/search metadata when used for the analyzing includes search metadata that indicates a set of analysis operations to be performed on the vendor dataset;
• query the vendor dataset to produce a query result, wherein when the querying is performed based on a search query, the analyzed dataset is used to query the vendor dataset to determine a search query result and wherein when the querying is performed based on a match query at least one of the match key metadata, the match rule metadata, and the ranking metadata configures the querying at run time of the electronic device, wherein the match key metadata indicates fields in the vendor dataset to generate one or more match keys for the vendor dataset and the match query to determine one or more candidate records from the vendor dataset, the match rule metadata indicates one or more match rules to apply to the one or more candidate records to determine one or more matched records, and the ranking metadata indicates weights to apply to the matched records to determine a match query result;
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• provide at least one of the search query result and the match query result to the customer of the electronic device.