A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving a status report for each job of a plurality of jobs, the jobs being executed in a distributed computing system comprising a plurality of computers (112, 112'), wherein the jobs include at least a first job executed by a first application developed in a first software framework and a second job executed by a second application developed in a second software framework different from the first software framework; determining a respective job type for each of the jobs; and determining, for each of the jobs, that the job type for the job is stored in a first database, the first database associating job types to respective status handlers, and in response: selecting a respective status handler associated with the job type from the first database, the selected respective status handler including one or more pre-configured rules that are used to analyze the status report for the specific job type; determining, with the respective status handler, specified status information of the job based on the status report of the job, the specified status information comprising less information than information in the status report of the job; storing the specified status information in a second database; and associating the specified status information with the job in the second database. receiving a status report for each job of a plurality of jobs, the jobs being executed in a distributed computing system comprising a plurality of computers (112, 112'), wherein the jobs include at least a first job executed by a first application developed in a first software framework and a second job executed by a second application developed in a second software framework different from the first software framework; determining a respective job type for each of the jobs; and determining, for each of the jobs, that the job type for the job is stored in a first database, the first database associating job types to respective status handlers, and in response: selecting a respective status handler associated with the job type from the first database, the selected respective status handler including one or more pre-configured rules that are used to analyze the status report for the specific job type; determining, with the respective status handler, specified status information of the job based on the status report of the job, the specified status information comprising less information than information in the status report of the job; storing the specified status information in a second database; and associating the specified status information with the job in the second database. selecting a respective status handler associated with the job type from the first database, the selected respective status handler including one or more pre-configured rules that are used to analyze the status report for the specific job type; determining, with the respective status handler, specified status information of the job based on the status report of the job, the specified status information comprising less information than information in the status report of the job; storing the specified status information in a second database; and associating the specified status information with the job in the second database.