Task handling in a multisystem environment

A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the program instructions executable by a computer processing circuit to cause the circuit to perform a method comprising:

• applying, to a set of data, a set of rules, wherein the set of rules is stored in a rules database;
• determining, based on the applying the set of rules to the set of data, an absence of matching between the set of data and a rule in the set of rules, wherein the determining of matching is based on a predetermined degree of match, and wherein a partial match that exceeds the predetermined degree of matching results in a determination of the presence of matching;
• identifying a task pattern in a completed task in a task handling system, the identified task pattern comprising:
• the set of data, the set of data selected from a group consisting of task data and task metadata;
• and
• an action taken in the task handling system to complete the completed task;
• comparing the identified task pattern with task patterns of a patterns database, the patterns database comprising a plurality of task patterns and actions associated with each task pattern, wherein the patterns database comprises a plurality of task patterns and actions associated with each task pattern, and wherein the comparing comprises comparing an action associated with each task pattern with a set of actions included in the task patterns of the patterns database;
• determining the identified task pattern matches an existing task pattern in the patterns database;
• incrementing, in response to the determining, a task pattern count of the existing task pattern;
• determining, in response to the incrementing the task pattern count, that a task pattern count threshold for the existing task pattern in the patterns database has been exceeded, wherein the task pattern count threshold is a value that has been determined to indicate a likelihood of a requirement of a particular quantity of data processing time;
• searching, in response to the determining that the task pattern count threshold has been exceeded, active tasks in an active task list, the active task list comprising a plurality of tasks queued for processing in the task handling system;
• identifying, in the active task list, a set of one or more active tasks that match the existing task pattern;
• applying, to each matched active task in the set of one or more active tasks, the action for the existing task pattern, as recorded in the patterns database;
• and
• closing each matched active task.