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US 7,454,404 B2Granted
Method of addressing query scheduling and system resource requirements
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsRichard D. Dettinger, Daniel P. Kolz, Shannon E. Wenzel
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Abstract
Method, system and article of manufacture for scheduling queries. In particular, the scheduling options made available to a user for a particular unit of work are determined dynamically at the time of scheduling. In this way, the execution cost, for example, of a particular unit of work can be taken into account when determining which scheduling options to make available. In addition, or alternatively, system availability and/or user parameters may be accounted for when determining which scheduling options to make available.
Claims17
A computer-implemented method for scheduling execution of units of work, comprising:
- determining a first cost to execute a first unit of work;
- determining a first set of user-selectable scheduling options for future execution of the first unit of work based on the first cost, wherein the first set of user-selectable scheduling options is a subset of a larger set of scheduling options, wherein the larger set of scheduling options is stored on a computer readable storage medium and includes a plurality of user-selectable time criteria and frequency criteria, wherein the time criteria specifies when the execution of a given unit of work will begin and the frequency criteria specifies how frequently the given unit of work will be executed;
- returning the first set of user-selectable scheduling options to a user interfaces for display, whereby the user interface presents:
- time criteria selection elements from which a user specifies a time at which execution of the first unit of work will begin;
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- frequency at which the first unit of work will be executed beginning at the specified time;
- determining a second cost to execute a second unit of work;
- determining a second set of user-selectable scheduling options for future execution of the second unit of work based on the second cost, wherein the second set of user-selectable scheduling options is a subset of the larger set of scheduling options, and wherein the second set of user-selectable scheduling options is different than the first set of user-selectable scheduling options;
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- returning the second set of user-selectable scheduling options to a user interface for display, whereby the user interface presents:
- time criteria selection elements from which a user specifies a time at which execution of the second unit of work will begin;
- and
- frequency criteria selection elements from which the user specifies a frequency at which the second unit of work will be executed beginning at the specified time.
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A computer-implemented method for scheduling units of work, comprising:
- determining a first cost to execute a first unit of work;
- determining system availability to execute the first unit of work;
- determining a first set of user-selectable scheduling options for future execution of the first unit of work on the basis of the first cost and the system availability, wherein the first set of user-selectable scheduling options is a subset of a larger set of scheduling options, and wherein the larger set of scheduling options is stored on a computer readable storage medium and includes a plurality of user-selectable time criteria and frequency criteria, wherein the time criteria specifies when the execution of a given unit of work will begin and the frequency criteria specifies how frequently the given unit of work will be executed;
- returning the first set of user-selectable scheduling options to a user interface for display, whereby the user interface presents:
- time criteria selection elements from which a user specifies a time at which execution of the first unit of work will begin;
- and
- frequency criteria selection elements from which the user specifies a frequency at which the first unit of work will be executed beginning at the specified time;
- determining a second cost to execute a second unit of work;
- determining a system availability to execute a second unit of work;
- determining a second set of user-selectable scheduling options for future execution of the second unit of work on the basis of the second cost and the system availability, wherein the first set of user-selectable scheduling options is a subset of the larger set of scheduling options, and wherein the second set of user-selectable scheduling options is different than the first set of user-selectable scheduling options;
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- returning the second set of user-selectable scheduling options to a user interface for display, whereby the user interface presents:
- time criteria selection elements from whicha user specifies a time at which execution of the second unit of work will begin;
- and
- frequency criteria selection elements from which the user specifies a frequency at which the second unit of work will be executed beginning at the specified time.
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