Patent ID: 8624921

Claim:
An industrial automation visualization system, the system comprising: a processor; a memory communicatively coupled to processor, the memory having stored therein computer-executable instructions, comprising: a data source component configured to receive a first user input of a selection of a plurality of data sources to include in a model for generating one or more overlay display graphics; an overlay component configured to receive a second user input of a selection of a plurality of overlays to include in the model; an overlay filters component configured to receive third user input specifying one or more filters, to include in the model, defining a combination of data sources, of the plurality of data sources, that are not permitted to be included collectively in an overlay display graphic of the one or more overlay display graphics; and an overlay model component configured to create the model based upon the selection of the plurality of data sources, the selection of the plurality of overlays, and the one or more filters.