A method for a configuration-less process bus, the method comprising: (a) providing at least one process interface unit, PIU,, the at least one PIU including at least one pre-configured communication port defined by one of a factory setting or a product code order; (b) transmitting and receiving, by the at least one PIU, a pre-configured data stream, the pre-configured data stream including at least one dataset, the at least one dataset including at least one field for a unique identifier, UID,; (c) providing at least one intelligent electronic device, IED, communicatively coupled to the at least one PIU; (d) receiving, by the at least one IED, the pre-configured data stream from the at least one PIU, wherein the at least one IED is operable to receive the pre-configured data stream via a point-to-point connection between the at least one IED and the at least one PIU; providing an Ethernet network operable to transmit data between the at least one PIU and the at least one IED; receiving, by the at least one IED, a second data stream from the at least one PIU via the Ethernet network in parallel to the pre-configured data stream received via the point-to-point connection; wherein; the at least one IED is further operable to adjust quality of data in the pre-configured data stream using the second data stream based on executing a network failover mechanism; adjusting, by the at least one IED, based on execution of a network failover mechanism, the pre-configured data stream using the second data stream, (e) mapping, by the at least one IED, the pre-configured data stream to a user-defined source based on the UID; and (f) transforming, by the at least one IED, the pre-configured data stream using user-defined transformation factors to avoid configuration in the at least one PIU, wherein the at least one dataset is defined using a pre-configured IED Instantiated Description, IID, file associated with the at least one PIU; the pre-configured data stream includes pre-configured sampled values, the pre-configured sampled values including at least one of a current output directly measured from a current transformer in secondary values or a voltage output directly measured from a voltage transformer in the secondary values; and the pre-configured data stream includes a Generic Object Oriented Substation Event, GOOSE, the GOOSE including at least one of a status and an analog information directly measured for at least one switchgear. (a) providing at least one process interface unit, PIU,, the at least one PIU including at least one pre-configured communication port defined by one of a factory setting or a product code order; (b) transmitting and receiving, by the at least one PIU, a pre-configured data stream, the pre-configured data stream including at least one dataset, the at least one dataset including at least one field for a unique identifier, UID,; (c) providing at least one intelligent electronic device, IED, communicatively coupled to the at least one PIU; (d) receiving, by the at least one IED, the pre-configured data stream from the at least one PIU, wherein the at least one IED is operable to receive the pre-configured data stream via a point-to-point connection between the at least one IED and the at least one PIU; providing an Ethernet network operable to transmit data between the at least one PIU and the at least one IED; receiving, by the at least one IED, a second data stream from the at least one PIU via the Ethernet network in parallel to the pre-configured data stream received via the point-to-point connection; wherein; the at least one IED is further operable to adjust quality of data in the pre-configured data stream using the second data stream based on executing a network failover mechanism; adjusting, by the at least one IED, based on execution of a network failover mechanism, the pre-configured data stream using the second data stream, (e) mapping, by the at least one IED, the pre-configured data stream to a user-defined source based on the UID; and (f) transforming, by the at least one IED, the pre-configured data stream using user-defined transformation factors to avoid configuration in the at least one PIU, wherein the at least one dataset is defined using a pre-configured IED Instantiated Description, IID, file associated with the at least one PIU; the pre-configured data stream includes pre-configured sampled values, the pre-configured sampled values including at least one of a current output directly measured from a current transformer in secondary values or a voltage output directly measured from a voltage transformer in the secondary values; and the pre-configured data stream includes a Generic Object Oriented Substation Event, GOOSE, the GOOSE including at least one of a status and an analog information directly measured for at least one switchgear. the at least one dataset is defined using a pre-configured IED Instantiated Description, IID, file associated with the at least one PIU; the pre-configured data stream includes pre-configured sampled values, the pre-configured sampled values including at least one of a current output directly measured from a current transformer in secondary values or a voltage output directly measured from a voltage transformer in the secondary values; and the pre-configured data stream includes a Generic Object Oriented Substation Event, GOOSE, the GOOSE including at least one of a status and an analog information directly measured for at least one switchgear.