US Patent 11392654 Data fabric service system

Disclosed is a data fabric service system that can be implemented in a distributed computer network, such as a data intake and query system. The data index and query system can receive a search query and define a search scheme for applying the search query on distributed data storage systems including internal data storage and external data storage. The data index and query system may provide a portion of the search scheme to a search service of the data fabric service system, which can cause worker nodes of the data fabric service system to perform various functions—including applying the search query to the external data storage based on the portion of the search scheme in order to obtain search results.