Module for industrial process automation for acquiring measured values (UL1,IL1), comprising an interface for communication with other modules and/or a higher-level controller, a microcontroller, terminals (1,3,5;2,4,6) for measurement lines, at least one analogue-digital converter, wherein the microcontroller is designed to store the measured values (UL1,IL1) formed via the analogue-digital converter in a measured value dataset or in a plurality of measured value datasets (DS1,...,DS4), wherein the microcontroller is furthermore designed to calculate further parameters or characteristic variables relating to the measured values (UL 1,IL 1) from the measured values (UL1,IL1) on the basis of calculation rules and to store said parameters or characteristic variables in the measured value datasets (DS1,...,DS4), characterised in that the measured value datasets (DS1,...,DS4) have an identifier for each measured value (UL1,IL1) and parameter or characteristic variable, and that an assignment table for cyclical data and an assignment table for acyclical data are present, wherein the interface and the microcontroller are furthermore designed such that a conversion rule created by a configurer can be loaded via a configuration tool, and that furthermore a user-defined data structure for the assignment table for cyclical data and a user-defined data structure for the assignment table for acyclical data can be generated from the data structure of the measured value datasets (DS1,...,DS4) using the conversion rule, wherein a process map memory is present, from which the user-defined data structures can be read, wherein the microcontroller is furthermore designed to copy the user-defined data from the assignment tables (A, B) into the process map memory. an interface for communication with other modules and/or a higher-level controller, a microcontroller, terminals (1,3,5;2,4,6) for measurement lines, at least one analogue-digital converter, wherein the microcontroller is designed to store the measured values (UL1,IL1) formed via the analogue-digital converter in a measured value dataset or in a plurality of measured value datasets (DS1,...,DS4), wherein the microcontroller is furthermore designed to calculate further parameters or characteristic variables relating to the measured values (UL 1,IL 1) from the measured values (UL1,IL1) on the basis of calculation rules and to store said parameters or characteristic variables in the measured value datasets (DS1,...,DS4), characterised in that the measured value datasets (DS1,...,DS4) have an identifier for each measured value (UL1,IL1) and parameter or characteristic variable, and that an assignment table for cyclical data and an assignment table for acyclical data are present, wherein the interface and the microcontroller are furthermore designed such that a conversion rule created by a configurer can be loaded via a configuration tool, and that furthermore a user-defined data structure for the assignment table for cyclical data and a user-defined data structure for the assignment table for acyclical data can be generated from the data structure of the measured value datasets (DS1,...,DS4) using the conversion rule, wherein a process map memory is present, from which the user-defined data structures can be read, wherein the microcontroller is furthermore designed to copy the user-defined data from the assignment tables (A, B) into the process map memory.