Patent ID: 11886576
Assignee: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 10:
11. A method, comprising:
receiving, via a processor, a request for collecting a plurality of datasets associated with an asset of an industrial automation system, wherein the plurality of datasets comprises a plurality of types of data related to one or more operations of the asset, wherein the asset comprises an industrial automation device of the industrial automation system, wherein the request is received from a digital representation associated with the asset, wherein the digital representation is configured to:
perform one or more simulations related to the one or more operations of the asset over time; and
send the request to the processor based on the one or more simulations;

collecting, via the processor, the plurality of datasets from one or more sources in response to receiving the request;
aligning, via the processor, the plurality of datasets to generate a plurality of aligned datasets based on the plurality of types of data;
aggregating, via the processor, the plurality of aligned datasets into a single dataset comprising simulation data associated with the one or more simulations;
formatting, via the processor, the single dataset into a data format configured to cause the plurality of aligned datasets to be organized according to a pre-defined order based on a type of each of the plurality of aligned datasets and a hierarchical level associated with each of the plurality of aligned datasets, and wherein the data format comprises metadata comprising a respective type of a respective aligned dataset of the plurality of aligned datasets and a respective hierarchical level associated with the respective aligned dataset of the plurality of aligned datasets; and
transmitting, via the processor, the single dataset to a computing device.