Patent ID: 8935298
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: G05B

Abstract:
1. A data integration system for use in conjunction with a process plant having a plurality of data source applications, each of which collects or generates application data pertaining to entities within the process plant, the data integration system comprising: a database configured to store the application data pertaining to the entities within the process plant wherein the application data is collected or generated by the plurality of data source applications; an integration application stored on a computer readable memory and executable on a processor to create an integrated navigational tree for use in viewing or accessing the application data from the plurality of data source applications as stored in the database, the integrated navigational tree including categories for categorizing the application data from each of the plurality of data source applications, the categories displayed in the navigational tree as a hierarchy having a first level with at least one selectable element defining one or more physical plant device categories and a second level associated with the first level having one or more selectable indications defining one or more particular sub-categories of physical entities within the process plant that fall within the first level plant device category, wherein the integrated navigational tree is a single navigational tree and wherein data from different ones of the plurality of data source applications and associated with the first level plant device category is assessable by selecting different ones of the selectable indications of the second level; and a navigational tree memory configured to store the integrated navigational tree.