Patent ID: 8473854

Claim:
A system, comprising: at least one processor; at least one memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, the at least one memory having stored therein computer-executable instructions, comprising: a profiles component configured to store preconfigured visualization profiles; a templates component configured to store preconfigured visualization templates; a selection component configured to retrieve at least one of a preconfigured visualization profile of the stored preconfigured visualization profiles or a preconfigured visualization template of the stored preconfigured visualization templates; a runtime component configured to generate the industrial automation visualization from the at least one of the preconfigured visualization profile or the preconfigured visualization template and a display component configured to display the industrial automation visualization and provide to the runtime component a tag name for the industrial automation visualization and associated graphic update rate for the tag name by interrogating a preconfigured visualization template, wherein the graphic update rate for the tag name in the preconfigured visualization template overrides an associated graphic update rate for the tag name in an associated preconfigured visualization profile.