Patent ID: 8255186

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for providing a view of process data of a monitored industrial system, comprising: receiving, from an application program executing on a client computing system, a request to initiate a dynamic view of selected process data of the monitored industrial system; responsive to the request to initiate the dynamic view, transmitting a dynamic interface component to the requesting client computing system, wherein the dynamic interface component is executed by the application program to provide a design canvas used to compose the dynamic view of the selected process data of the monitored industrial system; receiving, from the dynamic interface component, a request for one or more elements of process data obtained while monitoring the industrial system; retrieving a respective current value corresponding to each of the requested elements of process data; transmitting the current values to the dynamic interface component, wherein the dynamic interface component is configured to render a display of the current values on the design canvas; and sending notifications to the dynamic interface component of changes to the requested elements of process data obtained while monitoring the industrial system, wherein the notifications cause the dynamic interface component to update the current values on the design canvas.