Automatic GoTo routing in process flow generation

A non-transitory computer readable medium having program instructions stored thereon that are executable by a computer system to cause the computer system to perform operations comprising:

• transmit instructions for implementation of an autolayout environment for generating a process diagram that are executable by a client computer system to:
• render a graphical user interface (GUI) associated with the autolayout environment on a display of the client computer system, wherein the GUI is operable to receive user input indicative of a plurality of process steps and an ordered relationship between the process steps in the process diagram;
• output, via the GUI, a graphical representation for display of the process diagram, wherein the graphical representation includes graphical elements indicating the of process steps and graphical connections between the graphical elements;
• receive, via the GUI, a selection by a user to implement a direct graphical connection going from a first graphical element associated with a first process step;
• enable, for selection by the user on the GUI, one or more graphical elements available for the direct graphical connection, wherein the available graphical elements are determined according to a set of rules for direct graphical connections between the graphical elements, at least one of the rules being that the process step associated with the available graphical element occurs before the first process step;
• receive, via the GUI, a selection by the user of one of the available graphical elements as a second graphical element associated with a second process step;
• update the graphical representation of the process diagram with a route for the direct graphical connection from the first graphical element to the second graphical element, wherein the route is determined according to the set of rules;
• and
• generate process diagram information that includes computer-executable instructions for executing the process diagram according to the graphical representation.

A system, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• memory having program instructions stored thereon that are executable by the at least one processor to cause the system to perform operations comprising:
• providing information for implementation of an autolayout environment for generating a process diagram, the information being executable by a client computer system to:
• render a graphical user interface (GUI) associated with the autolayout environment on a display of the client computer system, wherein the GUI is operable to receive user input indicative of a plurality of process steps and wherein the user input indicates an ordered relationship between the plurality of process steps in the process diagram;
• output, via the GUI, a graphical representation for display of the process diagram, wherein the graphical representation includes graphical elements indicating the process steps and graphical connections between the graphical elements;
• receive, via the GUI, a selection by a user to implement a direct graphical connection going from a first graphical element associated with a first process step to a second graphical element associated with a second process step;
• enable, for selection by the user on the GUI, one or more graphical elements available as the second graphical element, wherein the available graphical elements are determined according to a set of rules for direct graphical connections between the graphical elements, at least one of the rules being that the process step associated with the available graphical element occurs before the first process step;
• receive, via the GUI, a selection by the user of one of the available graphical elements as the second graphical element associated with the second process step;
• update the graphical representation of the process diagram with a route for the direct graphical connection from the first graphical element to the second graphical element, wherein the route is determined according to the set of rules;
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• generate process diagram information that includes computer-executable instructions for executing the process diagram according to the graphical representation.