Patent 7853931 was granted and assigned to SAP on December, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A method and system automatically generate a flow diagram displaying a process flow between configuration files and application files in a predefined process. An indication of a location of the configuration files and the application files is received. Flow information is extracted from the configuration files and from the application files. The flow diagram displaying a process flow between the configuration files and the application files is then generated.