# Run a job on a compute platform Control / exec A variant of [Run an external command](https://meridian.online/operations/run-an-external-command). Start a Spark, Hadoop, notebook, function or cloud service job on another platform, and wait for or poll its result. Page: ## Status Not built yet. arcform does not do this yet; it would live in how a Protocol runs. [Its place on the roadmap](https://meridian.online/roadmap#run-an-external-command) ## What other tools call it Meridian's classification; an independent blind rating agreed on 95.7% of 324 rows (variant, version 3). - Azure Data Factory: [`Azure Function`](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-factory/control-flow-azure-function-activity) (read 2026-09-27) - Azure Data Factory: [`Databricks Jar Activity`](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-factory/transform-data-databricks-jar) (read 2026-09-27) - Azure Data Factory: [`Databricks Job activity`](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-factory/transform-data-databricks-job) (read 2026-09-27) - Azure Data Factory: [`Databricks Notebook`](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-factory/transform-data-databricks-notebook) (read 2026-09-27) - Azure Data Factory: [`Databricks Python Activity`](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-factory/transform-data-databricks-python) (read 2026-09-27) - Azure Data Factory: [`Hadoop Streaming`](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-factory/transform-data-using-hadoop-streaming) (read 2026-09-27) - Azure Data Factory: [`Hive`](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-factory/transform-data-using-hadoop-hive) (read 2026-09-27) - Azure Data Factory: [`MapReduce`](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-factory/transform-data-using-hadoop-map-reduce) (read 2026-09-27) - Azure Data Factory: [`Pig`](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-factory/transform-data-using-hadoop-pig) (read 2026-09-27) - Azure Data Factory: [`Spark`](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-factory/transform-data-using-spark) (read 2026-09-27) - Azure Data Factory: [`Synapse Notebook Activity`](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-factory/../synapse-analytics/synapse-notebook-activity) (read 2026-09-27) - Azure Data Factory: [`Synapse Spark job definition activity`](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-factory/transform-data-synapse-spark-job-definition) (read 2026-09-27) - Bruin: [`emr_serverless.spark`](https://getbruin.com/docs/bruin/platforms/emr_serverless.html) (read 2026-09-27) - Apache Hop: [`Databricks job run`](https://hop.apache.org/manual/latest/workflow/actions/databricks-job-run.html) (read 2026-09-27) - Apache Hop: [`Databricks job wait`](https://hop.apache.org/manual/latest/workflow/actions/databricks-job-wait.html) (read 2026-09-27) - Apache NiFi: [`Cloud AI service job processors (family)`](https://nifi.apache.org/components/) (read 2026-09-27) - Apache NiFi: [`PutLambda`](https://nifi.apache.org/components/org.apache.nifi.processors.aws.lambda.PutLambda/) (read 2026-09-27) - RapidMiner Studio: [`Call Endpoint(RTSA)`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/extensions/Admin%20Tools/rtsa/call_endpoint_rtsa.html) (read 2026-09-27) - RapidMiner Studio: [`Check Job Status (OpenAI)`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/extensions/Generative%20Models/Models/OpenAI/check_job_status_openai.html) (read 2026-09-27)