Patent 11860874 was granted and assigned to Splunk on January, 2024 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Systems and methods are disclosed for processing and executing queries against one or more dataset. As part of processing the query, the system determines whether the query is susceptible to a significantly imbalanced partition. In the event, the query is susceptible to an imbalanced partition, the system monitors the query and determines whether to perform a multi-partitioning determination to avoid a significantly imbalanced partition.