US 12,339,864 B2
Systems and methods for use in pointing of datasets
Marcus Fluty, Ellisville, MO (US); Nick Scholle, St. Peters, MO (US); and James David Lorenz, Ballwin, MO (US)
Assigned to MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED, Purchase, NY (US)
Filed by MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED, Purchase, NY (US)
Filed on Jul. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/223,507.
Prior Publication US 2025/0028730 A1, Jan. 23, 2025
Int. Cl. G06F 16/20 (2019.01); G06F 16/23 (2019.01); G06F 16/25 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/254 (2019.01) [G06F 16/2379 (2019.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for use in pointing associated with datasets, the method comprising:
loading data from a data source to a first dataset;
accessing, by multiple objects of a platform, data from the first dataset, via a connector including an intermediate dataset and extraction, transformation, and load (ETL) process or a dataset view of the data platform, each of which is configured to point to the first dataset, rather than a duplicate dataset, which is a second dataset that is a duplicate of the first dataset and is distinct from the first dataset;
receiving a requirement for an update to a data structure of the first dataset; and
in response to the update requirement:
loading data, which is consistent with the update, from the data source to the first dataset and also the duplicate dataset; and then,
after the duplicate dataset is complete, changing, by the data platform, a dataset pointer in the ETL process of the intermediate dataset or the dataset view, from the first dataset to the duplicate dataset, with the multiple objects accessing data from the duplicate dataset, via the connector, rather than from the first dataset, without re-pointing the multiple objects from the first dataset to the duplicate dataset.