SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED PROCESSING OF A DATA FILE

A data processing method includes receiving a data file and a layout file. The data file includes a plurality of data sets including a plurality of entries. Each entry resides at a respective predetermined location in the data file. The layout file includes information indicating the respective predetermined locations for a plurality of entry categories that correspond to the plurality of entries. The method also includes receiving an input including a search term and a search category, determining, based on the layout file, a search location for which an entry category matches the search category, identifying data sets in the data file having an entry that resides at the determined search location and that match the search term, dividing the data file into a plurality of output files based on the identified data sets, and parallelly processing the plurality of output files in a parallel processing system.