Saving a snippet of visual programming logic for reuse amongst programs created using an automation building tool

A non-transitory computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer-readable program code embodied therein to be executed by one or more processors, the program code including instructions to:

• provide, by a system and within an automation building tool, visual programming logic for a first program, the visual programming logic represented as a first directed acyclic graph (DAG) including a plurality of nodes each representing an operation to be performed by the system;
• receive, via the automation building tool, a first user input selecting an option to select one or more nodes within the DAG corresponding to one or more operations of the first program to be a first snippet, the first user input causing a switch from a build-mode to a select-mode limiting the user to only select one or more operations;
• receive, via the automation building tool, a second user input selecting the one or more nodes within the DAG corresponding to the one or more operations of the first program as the first snippet;
• determine, after the selection of the one or more nodes within the DAG via the automation building tool, whether the corresponding one or more operations comprises a valid portion of reusable programming logic based on an entry path or an exit path of the selected one or more operations;
• receive, via the automation building tool, a third user input selecting an option to copy the selected first snippet, the option to copy the first snippet being enabled in response to determining the corresponding one or more operations comprises the valid portion of reusable programming logic;
• and
• store the first snippet as a first reusable portion of programming logic within a repository, one or more parameters associated with the selected one or more operations being removed prior to storing the first snippet, the repository allowing at least a second program to insert one or more snippets as visual programming logic.

A method comprising:

• providing, by a system and within an automation building tool, visual programming logic for a first program, the visual programming logic represented as a first directed acyclic graph (DAG) including a plurality of nodes each representing an operation to be performed by the system;
• receiving, via the automation building tool, a first user input selecting an option to select one or more nodes within the DAG corresponding to one or more operations of the first program to be a first snippet, the first user input causing a switch from a build-mode to a select-mode limiting the user to only select one or more operations;
• receiving, via the automation building tool, a second user input selecting the one or more nodes within the DAG corresponding to the one or more operations of the first program as the first snippet;
• determining, after the selection of the one or more nodes within the DAG via the automation building tool, whether the corresponding one or more operations comprises a valid portion of reusable programming logic based on an entry path or an exit path of the selected one or more operations;
• receiving, via the automation building tool, a third user input selecting an option to copy the selected first snippet, the option to copy the first snippet being enabled in response to determining the corresponding one or more operations comprises the valid portion of reusable programming logic;
• and
• storing the first snippet as a first reusable portion of programming logic within a repository, one or more parameters associated with the selected one or more operations being removed prior to storing the first snippet, the repository allowing at least a second program to insert one or more snippets as visual programming logic.