Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products are described herein that generate and assist in managing templates (pre-generated user-customizable automated workflows) that can be used to easily and efficiently develop automated workflows in an automated workflow development system. A plurality of workflows steps in a library of workflow steps is determined. One or more workflow templates are automatically generated. Each automatically generated workflow template includes a combination of at least two of the workflow steps in the library. The one or more workflow templates are stored in a library of templates. Furthermore, one or more workflow steps compatible with a workflow step may be determined. The determined one or more workflow steps may be displayed in association with the first workflow step for selection.

Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products are described herein that generate and assist in managing templates (pre-generated user-customizable automated workflows) that can be used to easily and efficiently develop automated workflows in an automated workflow development system. An automated workflow template for publication that includes parameters is received. At least a portion of the parameters included in the automated workflow template are automatically anonymized to generate an anonymized automated workflow template. The anonymized automated workflow template is published.

Abstract: A workflow development system is described herein that embeds a workflow designer user interface of a workflow development application into a user interface of another software application, so that the workflow designer user interface can be used to generate workflows that reference and/or interact with the other software application. In some aspects, the workflow development application obtains information indicative of a context of a user within the other software application and recommends workflow templates or workflow steps for selection by a user based on the obtained information. The workflow development application may also pre-populate certain parameters of certain workflow steps based on the obtained information.

Abstract: Embodiments of facilitating creation of cloud computing applications are disclosed therein. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving user input of a plurality of workflow items as a sequence of graphical objects on a graphical user interface. The workflow items individually are related to one or more cloud computing services. The method also includes determining an execution sequence of the plurality of workflow items based on data dependencies individually between pairs of the workflow items, the determined execution sequence being different than the sequence of the graphical objects. The determined execution sequence includes executing pairs of the workflow items without data dependencies therebetween generally in parallel and sequentially executing other pairs of the workflow items with data dependencies therebetween in accordance with the data dependencies.

Abstract: Computational tasks are mapped with computational locations in a distributed system such as a cloud computing environment. Mapping does not rely on workload estimates. Instead, tasks whose prerequisite tasks or other preconditions are determined to be mutually exclusive are co-located, while other tasks are mapped to different locations than one another. Locations are servers, processor cores, virtual machines, applications, or computational processes, for example. Mutual exclusivity may be determined by detecting that preconditions require different values of a shared variable in order to be satisfied, for example, or determining that preconditions correspond to different branches of a conditional programming statement. A satisfiability engine may also provide a satisfiability determination. Co-located tasks may also be batched, for improved execution performance.

Abstract: Embodiments of facilitating creation of cloud computing applications are disclosed therein. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving user input of a plurality of workflow items as a sequence of graphical objects on a graphical user interface. The workflow items individually are related to one or more cloud computing services. The method also includes determining an execution sequence of the plurality of workflow items based on data dependencies individually between pairs of the workflow items, the determined execution sequence being different than the sequence of the graphical objects. The determined execution sequence includes executing pairs of the workflow items without data dependencies therebetween generally in parallel and sequentially executing other pairs of the workflow items with data dependencies therebetween in accordance with the data dependencies.

Abstract: Examples of the disclosure enable an availability of a resource to be discovered across regions. In some examples, a template is received from a client device. The template includes a plurality of parameters associated with a plurality of products. Based on a client location associated with the client device, a resource is identified, and, based on a first parameter, it is determined whether the identified resource is associated with the product. In response to determining that the resource is associated with the product, a feature associated with the resource is identified, and it is determined whether the identified feature satisfies the first parameter. In response to determining that the feature satisfies the first parameter, data associated with the resource is transmitted to the client device for presentation to a user. Aspects of the disclosure enable a computing device to manage one or more resources.

Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for developing workflows. An input control may be rendered in association with the rendered representation of a workflow step corresponding to an input parameter. A developer is enabled to interact with the input control to select a parameter value for the input parameter. A workflow is enabled to be developed that includes a push notification workflow step configured to issue a push notification when encountered in the work flow and to wait for a response before enabling the workflow to continue. A workflow saved in a user folder is enabled to be selected for insertion into further workflows. A subscription workflow step may be selected for inclusion in a second workflow that is configured to wait for output information from a subscribed-to workflow before enabling the second workflow to continue.

Abstract: Embodiments of facilitating creation of cloud computing applications are disclosed therein. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving user input of a plurality of workflow items as a sequence of graphical objects on a graphical user interface. The workflow items individually are related to one or more cloud computing services. The method also includes determining an execution sequence of the plurality of workflow items based on data dependencies individually between pairs of the workflow items, the determined execution sequence being different than the sequence of the graphical objects. The determined execution sequence includes executing pairs of the workflow items without data dependencies therebetween generally in parallel and sequentially executing other pairs of the workflow items with data dependencies therebetween in accordance with the data dependencies.

Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for developing workflows. An input control may be rendered in association with the rendered representation of a workflow step corresponding to an input parameter. A developer is enabled to interact with the input control to select a parameter value for the input parameter. A workflow is enabled to be developed that includes a push notification workflow step configured to issue a push notification when encountered in the work flow and to wait for a response before enabling the workflow to continue. A workflow saved in a user folder is enabled to be selected for insertion into further workflows. A subscription workflow step may be selected for inclusion in a second workflow that is configured to wait for output information from a subscribed-to workflow before enabling the second workflow to continue.

Abstract: A workflow development system is described herein that embeds a workflow designer user interface of a workflow development application into a user interface of another software application, so that the workflow designer user interface can be used to generate workflows that reference and/or interact with the other software application. In some aspects, the workflow development application obtains information indicative of a context of a user within the other software application and recommends workflow templates or workflow steps for selection by a user based on the obtained information. The workflow development application may also pre-populate certain parameters of certain workflow steps based on the obtained information.

Abstract: A workflow development system is described herein that embeds a workflow designer user interface of a workflow development application into a user interface of another software application, so that the workflow designer user interface can be used to generate workflows that reference and/or interact with the other software application. In some aspects, the workflow development application obtains information indicative of a context of a user within the other software application and recommends workflow templates or workflow steps for selection by a user based on the obtained information. The workflow development application may also pre-populate certain parameters of certain workflow steps based on the obtained information.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a system for controlling access to remote services, comprising an application programming interface (API) hub configured to provide an interface between a client application and one or more remote services. The client application accesses the API hub using a common data protocol, such as OData, that is not associated with the remote services. The API hub selects a connectors based upon the targeted remote service and maps a user context associated with messages received from the client application to remote service credentials associated with the targeted remote service.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products are described herein for implementing a workflow development system that enables users to incorporate custom functionality within a workflow. During runtime execution of the workflow, the custom functionality (e.g., custom code) is executed in a sandboxed environment, thereby ensuring that the custom code consumes only a limited amount of computing resources (e.g., processing power, memory, storage, etc.) that may be shared with other processes. The foregoing may be achieved without requiring the user to be aware that a sandboxed environment is being utilized. Instead, the user simply needs to select and associate a custom function with a particular workflow step, and the workflow development system manages the interactions with the sandboxed environment without any further user involvement.

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to guaranteeing delivery of replication messages in distributed storage systems. A request to perform an operation may be received. A first replication message corresponding to the request may be created, where the first replication message comprises instructions to replicate the result of the operation to one or more target storages. The replication message may be inserted in a message queue with a delayed visibility. The operation may be performed, where a result of the operation is persisted in a source storage in a data store. Upon determining that the result was successfully persisted in the source storage, a second replication message may be created, where the second replication message comprises instructions to replicate the result of the operation to the one or more target storages. The second replication message may be inserted in the message queue with an immediate visibility.

Abstract: Embodiments of facilitating creation of cloud computing applications are disclosed therein. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving user input of a plurality of workflow items as a sequence of graphical objects on a graphical user interface. The workflow items individually are related to one or more cloud computing services. The method also includes determining an execution sequence of the plurality of workflow items based on data dependencies individually between pairs of the workflow items, the determined execution sequence being different than the sequence of the graphical objects. The determined execution sequence includes executing pairs of the workflow items without data dependencies therebetween generally in parallel and sequentially executing other pairs of the workflow items with data dependencies therebetween in accordance with the data dependencies.

Abstract: Computational tasks are mapped with computational locations in a distributed system such as a cloud computing environment. Mapping does not rely on workload estimates. Instead, tasks whose prerequisite tasks or other preconditions are determined to be mutually exclusive are co-located, while other tasks are mapped to different locations than one another. Locations are servers, processor cores, virtual machines, applications, or computational processes, for example. Mutual exclusivity may be determined by detecting that preconditions require different values of a shared variable in order to be satisfied, for example, or determining that preconditions correspond to different branches of a conditional programming statement. A satisfiability engine may also provide a satisfiability determination. Co-located tasks may also be batched, for improved execution performance.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to replicating data in distributed storage. A replication message may be retrieved from a message queue associated with a source table. The replication message may include a row identifier. One or more target storages within a same replication group as the source table may be identified. A row from each of the one or more target storages may be obtained corresponding to the row identifier. A winning row may be determined from the obtained rows based on a latest timestamp of the row. A replication operation may be created based on the winning row. The replication operation may be performed on the obtained rows from each of the target storages.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a system for controlling access to remote services, comprising an application programming interface (API) hub configured to provide an interface between a client application and one or more remote services. The client application accesses the API hub using a common data protocol, such as OData, that is not associated with the remote services. The API hub selects a connectors based upon the targeted remote service and maps a user context associated with messages received from the client application to remote service credentials associated with the targeted remote service.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to connectors that use a common contract to expose data sources to applications. The common contract provides access to a plurality of different dataset types without requiring the applications to know the specific dataset type used by the data sources.