Patent ID: 8589814

Claim:
A method comprising: presenting a first pigeonhole display to an operator on an operator station, the first pigeonhole display comprising a set of visual elements associated with a corresponding set of process variables, the process variables associated with at least a portion of an industrial process; receiving from the operator a selection of at least one of the visual elements; and presenting a first peephole display to the operator within the first pigeonhole display, the first peephole display comprising information associated with at least one of the process variables that are associated with at least one of the selected visual elements; wherein each visual element displays one or more layers of information associated with the associated process variable; and wherein the method further comprises: displaying one or more of the process variables; receiving from the operator a selection of at least one of the one or more process variables; adding at least one visual element associated with the at least one selected process variable to the set of visual elements.