Abstract: The present disclosure relates to chatbot systems, and more particularly, to techniques for obtaining data items for input to a chatbot. In certain embodiments, a chatbot system includes a component that can be invoked by a chatbot in the chatbot system to obtain data items needed by the chatbot. The component can be invoked based on a reference to the component in a dialog flow definition configured for the chatbot. The reference to the component can indicate a composite entity that the component will use to determine how the data items are obtained from a user. The composite entity acts as a container for the data items and may be configured separately from the dialog flow definition of the chatbot. The data items can be obtained based on rules specified in a composite entity definition configured for the composite entity.

Abstract: Techniques for performing database operations using vectorized instructions are provided. In one technique, a hash table probe phase involves executing vectorized instructions to determine where in a bucket a particular key is located. This determination may be preceded by one or more vectorized instructions that are used to determine whether the bucket contains the particular key.

Abstract: A method of organizing, storing and representing a hierarchy of human resource information and organizational responsibilities of an enterprise provides a human resource user the ability to define and view an organizational chart for a plurality of organizations within a company or enterprise. The method may be used to define a top node and a plurality of other nodes that then can have responsibilities and managers assigned to each node in the hierarchy. Each other manager can have multiple responsibilities, multiple managers or multiple delegations. A graphical user interface may allow users to select and manipulate different combinations of managers and responsibilities to view a hierarchy in an employee centric manner, using menus and drill down charts.