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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2017
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Wen Pu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Liqin Xu, Fremont, CA (US);
Rohan Ramanath, Saratoga, CA (US);
Kun Liu, San Jose, CA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC., Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for incremental workflow execution are provided. In one technique, a computing job in a workflow identifies an input path that indicates a first location from which the computing job is to read input data. The computing job identifies an output path that indicates a second location to which the computing job is to write output data. The computing job performs a comparison between the input path and the output path. Based on the comparison, the computing job determines whether to read the input data from the first location. If the input path does not correspond to the output path, then the computing job reads the input data from the first location, generates particular output data based on the input data, and writes the particular output data to the second location. The computing job ceases to execute if the input path corresponds to the output path.