Mastercard Incorporated
Flexible computing job scheduling systems and methods

Abstract:

A job scheduling system includes a primary job scheduler and a secondary scheduling gatekeeper. The primary job scheduler provides primary scheduling primitives. The primary job scheduler is configured to activate a first job on an activation date determined based on a primary scheduling definition of the first job, and execute a secondary scheduling gatekeeper to evaluate whether a target program associated with the first job is executed during the activation. The gatekeeper provides enhanced scheduling primitives that include scheduling primitives not in the primary scheduling primitives. The gatekeeper is configured to evaluate a secondary scheduling definition of the first job to determine whether the first job should continue to execution and return the enhanced scheduling result to the primary job scheduler. The secondary scheduling definition is configured using the set of enhanced scheduling primitives. The system causes the execution of the target program based on the result.