Patent ID: 7945910

Claim:
A method of batch processing implemented on a computer, the method comprising: providing batch processing control instructions comprising computer executable instructions stored in a memory configured to call at least one program comprising computer executable instructions, wherein the control instructions are processed during a batch processing run; providing data files stored in the memory, wherein each of the data files has a physical file name and the data files are accessed during batch processing runs; providing program-related file definition information, which defines, by abstract selection criteria, a subset of the data files which are accessed during a program run, wherein at a start of a batch processing run, at least one parameter is passed to a batch processing control component, wherein the at least one parameter defines at least one selection attribute in accordance with the defined abstract selection criteria which are included in the file definition information; registering and associating each of the physical file names of the subset of the data files which are accessed during program runs with the at least one selection attribute in a form of register entries in a file register stored in the memory; performing at least one of a selection and creation of register entries in the file register stored in the memory on the basis of the at least one parameter; and passing a given physical file name of a selected or created registry entry from the file register to at least one service component.