Patent ID: 7120874

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for configuring a graphical program, wherein the graphical program comprises a graphical program element, wherein the method operates in a system which includes one or more configured resources, the method comprising: receiving user input specifying a graphical program element filter option from a plurality of graphical program element filter options; receiving user input initiating access to the graphical program element; and displaying relevant attributes of the graphical program element based on the specified filter option, wherein the specified filter option indicates that attributes of the graphical program element associated with at least one of the one or more configured resources are to be displayed; wherein said displaying relevant attributes of the graphical program element comprises: retrieving attributes associated with said at least one configured resource; extracting one or more attributes associated with the graphical program element from the retrieved attributes, wherein the extracted attributes are associated with said at least one configured resource and said graphical program element; and displaying said extracted attributes; wherein said extracted attributes of the graphical program element are selectable by a user to configure the graphical program.