Patent ID: 8229577
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: G05B,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a computing system to implement an interface comprising: an input object to configure a first micro-historian associated with an enterprise, wherein the input object is configured to receive configuration input indicating an address of a controller on a first level of the enterprise from which a first set of data is to be collected by the first micro-historian, and wherein the first micro-historian resides on the first level of the enterprise and is configured to collect the first set of data from the controller on the first level and a second set of data from a second level of the enterprise as specified by the configuration input; a hierarchy object to link the first set of data and the second set of data to a common data model of the enterprise that is distributed to at least one component associated with the first micro-historian, wherein the common data model defines at least a micro-historian level and a plant level of the enterprise; and a set of output objects to display the first set of data and the second set of data collected by the first micro-historian.