Data visualization within an integrated asset data system for a process plant
First Claim
1. A data integration system for use in a process plant having a plurality of data source applications, each of which collects or generates entity data pertaining to one or more different entities within the process plant, the data integration system comprising:
- a database adapted to store the entity data pertaining to the one or more entities within the process plant collected or generated by the plurality of data source applications; and
a display application stored on a computer readable memory and adapted to be executed on a processor to create a display for the entity data stored in the database, the display including an integrated navigational tree having a plurality of folders specifying different levels of integration of the entity data in the database and an informational view, wherein the display application enables a user to select the different ones of the folders within the navigational tree to specify different levels of integration of the entity data to be displayed and presents the entity data associated with a selected folder in the informational view in a first format for each of the different ones of the folders associated with the different levels of integration of the entity data.
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Abstract
A process plant data collection and viewing system uses a common or integrated navigational tree structure and one or more common display formats to enable a user to view, in a similar and consistent manner, information obtained from different applications or data sources within a process plant at any desired level of integration, even though the actual data from the multiple different data applications or data sources may be collected and organized in different manners by different data sources. Because a common visualization of information is provided at different levels of data integration, a user can easily navigate through the data stored in the database or collected by the different data sources at higher or lower levels of data integration without having to contend with or encounter multiple different viewing formats for the same type of data.
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1. A data integration system for use in a process plant having a plurality of data source applications, each of which collects or generates entity data pertaining to one or more different entities within the process plant, the data integration system comprising:
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a database adapted to store the entity data pertaining to the one or more entities within the process plant collected or generated by the plurality of data source applications; and
a display application stored on a computer readable memory and adapted to be executed on a processor to create a display for the entity data stored in the database, the display including an integrated navigational tree having a plurality of folders specifying different levels of integration of the entity data in the database and an informational view, wherein the display application enables a user to select the different ones of the folders within the navigational tree to specify different levels of integration of the entity data to be displayed and presents the entity data associated with a selected folder in the informational view in a first format for each of the different ones of the folders associated with the different levels of integration of the entity data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of presenting entity data generated in a process plant having a plurality of data source applications, each of which collects or generates entity data pertaining to one or more different entities within the process plant, the method comprising:
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storing the entity data pertaining to the one or more entities within the process plant collected, or generated by the plurality of data source applications in a database;
displaying an integrated navigational tree having a plurality of folders specifying different levels of integration of the entity data in the database;
displaying an informational view associated with the navigational tree;
enabling a user to select one of the plurality of folders within the navigational tree to specify different levels of integration of the entity data; and
presenting the entity data associated with the selected folder in the informational view in a first format for each of the different folders associated with the different levels of integration of the entity data. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A data integration system for use in one or more process plants, comprising:
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a plurality of data source applications, each of which collects or generates entity data pertaining to one or more different entities within the one or more process plants and each of which is disposed at a different geographic location;
a communication network coupled to each of the plurality of data source applications;
a data integration server connected to the communication network, the data integration server adapted to collect the entity data pertaining to the one or more entities within the one or more process plants collected or generated by the plurality of data source applications; and
a display application associated with the data integration server, stored on a computer readable memory and adapted to be executed on a processor to create a display for the entity data collected stored in the database, the display including an integrated navigational tree having a plurality of folders specifying different levels of integration of the entity data in the database and an informational view, wherein the display application enables a user to select the different ones of the folders within the navigational tree to specify different levels of integration of the entity data to be displayed and presents the entity data associated with a selected folder in the informational view in a first format for each of the different ones of the folders associated with the different levels of integration of the entity data. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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