Osquery uses basic SQL commands to leverage a relational data-model to describe a device.

osquery

void SchedulerRunner::start() {
  // Start the counter at the second.
  auto i = osquery::getUnixTime();
  for (; (timeout_ == 0) || (i &lt;= timeout_); ++i) {
    Config::get().scheduledQueries(
        ([&amp;i](const std::string&amp; name, const ScheduledQuery&amp; query) {
          if (query.splayed_interval &gt; 0 &amp;&amp; i % query.splayed_interval == 0) {
            TablePlugin::kCacheInterval = query.splayed_interval;
            TablePlugin::kCacheStep = i;
            launchQuery(name, query);
          }
        }));