System and method for simultaneous display of processes and associated files

An apparatus for simultaneously displaying a plurality of processes and a flow diagram of a selected one of the processes, comprising:

• a display;
• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions adapted to be executed by the processor to:
• select a first process from a plurality of processes;
• receive an indication of a location of configuration files and a location of application files associated with the first process, the first process being defined by the configuration files and the application files;
• automatically extract flow destinations and flow labels from the configuration files and the application files for inclusion in a flow diagram by:
• identify a first file of the configuration files and the application files in the first process;
• separate the first file into a plurality of tokens;
• search the plurality of tokens for tokens corresponding to a predetermined tag of a coding standard;
• extract the flow destinations and the flow labels from the tokens corresponding to the predetermined tag;
• and
• recursively repeat, until each of the configuration files and the application files is identified, said identifying, said separating, said searching, and said extracting for a next file of the configuration files and application files, wherein the next file is identified from the flow destination of a previous file;
• generate the flow diagram from the extracted flow destinations and flow labels;
• display the plurality of processes in a first portion of the display;
• and
• simultaneously display the generated flow diagram of the first processes in a second portion of the display,
• wherein selection of a second process of the plurality of processes by a user in the first portion of the display causes display of a corresponding flow diagram of the second process in the second portion of the display.

A computer-readable storage medium storing a set of instructions adapted to be executed by a processor to perform a method comprising:

• selecting a first process from a plurality of processes;
• receiving an indication of a location of configuration files and a location of application files associated with the first process, the first process being defined by the configuration files and the application files;
• automatically extracting flow destinations and flow labels from the configuration files and the application files for inclusion in a flow diagram by:
• identifying a first file of the configuration files and the application files in the first process;
• separating the first file into a plurality of tokens;
• searching the plurality of tokens for tokens corresponding to a predetermined tag of a coding standard;
• extracting the flow destinations and the flow labels from the tokens corresponding to the predetermined tag;
• and
• recursively repeating, until each of the configuration files and the application files is identified, said identifying, said separating, said searching, and said extracting for a next file of the configuration files and application files, wherein the next file is identified from the flow destination of a previous file;
• generating the flow diagram from the extracted flow destinations and flow labels;
• displaying the plurality of processes in a first portion of a screen display;
• and
• simultaneously displaying the generated flow diagram of the first process in a second portion of the screen display,
• wherein selection of a second process of the plurality of processes by a user in the first portion of the display causes display of a corresponding flow diagram of the second process in the second portion of the display.