Graphic display configuration framework for unified control system interface

An integrated graphical user interface for a process control environment, the integrated graphical user interface comprising:none or more processors programmed to provide the integrated graphical user interface and to operate in the process control environment to facilitate control of a process by implementing:a resolution table including:nindications of connections between a plurality of element bindings and a plurality of data sources in the process control environment, each element binding defining a manner in which a parameter or property of a graphic element object is bound to an entity in the process control environment, each graphical element object including at least one element binding, at least one visualization, and at least one parameter or property, andindications of connections between a plurality of display bindings and a plurality of real-time displays in the process control environment, each display binding defining a manner in which a graphical display object is bound to an entity or data element in the process control environment, each graphical display object including at least one graphical element object, at least one connector element, and at least one display binding;two or more real-time displays provided, in a run-time environment of the process control environment, by a real-time interface to two or more functional areas of a process plant, the functional areas including operations, maintenance, configuration, and simulation,neach of the two or more real-time displays corresponding to a different functional area,each of the two or more real-time displays having a same look and feel,each of the two or more real-time displays being bound, using the resolution table and a respective display binding, to a respective graphical display object included in a configuration environment of the process control environment, andeach respective graphical display object including an indication of a common graphical element object from a plurality of graphical element objects included in the configuration environment; anda common graphical element corresponding to the common graphical element object, the common graphical element presented on each of the two or more real-time displays in the run-time environment, and the common graphical element bound, using the resolution table and a first element binding, from the plurality of element bindings, to a first data source, from the plurality of data sources, in the run-time environment.

An integrated graphical interface providing integrated graphical displays for operation, maintenance, configuration, and simulation of a control system, the integrated graphical interface comprising:none or more processors programmed to provide the integrated graphical user interface and to operate in the control system to facilitate control of a process by implementing:na resolution table including (i) indications of a plurality of connections between element bindings and data sources in the control system, each element binding defining a manner in which a parameter or property of a graphic element object is bound to an entity in the control system, each graphical element object including at least one element binding, at least one visualization, and at least one parameter or property, and (ii) indications of a plurality of connections between display bindings and real-time displays in the control system, each display binding defining a manner in which a graphical display object is bound to an entity or data element in the control system, each graphical display object including at least one graphical element object, at least one connector element, and at least one display binding;a real-time user interface providing two or more real-time displays, each of the two or more real-time displays corresponding to a different functional level of a set of functional levels of the control system, the set of functional levels including an operations functional level, a maintenance functional level, a configuration functional level, and a simulation functional level and each of the two or more real-time displays having a same look and feel; anda graphic element corresponding to a common graphic element object, the graphic element included on each of the two or more real-time displays, and the graphic element bound, via a respective element binding and the resolution table, to a data source in the control system.

A method, comprising:nproviding a resolution table including:nindications of connections between element bindings and data sources in a process plant, each element binding defining a manner in which a parameter or property of a graphic element object is bound to an entity in the process plant, each graphical element object including at least one element binding, at least one visualization, and at least one parameter or property, andindications of connections between display bindings and real-time displays in the process plant, each display binding defining a manner in which a graphical display object is bound to an entity or data element in the process plant, each graphical display object including at least one graphical element object, at least one connector element, and at least one display binding;providing two or more real-time displays in an integrated graphical user interface for two or more functional areas of the process plant, the functional areas including operations, maintenance, configuration, and simulation, and each of the two or more real-time displays corresponding to a different functional area, each of the two or more real-time displays having a same look and feel;providing a set of graphical element objects, each graphical element object of the set of graphical element objects corresponding to a respective data source in the process plant and including at least one element binding defining an element interface between the each graphical element object and the respective data source included in a run-time environment of the process plant;binding, using respective display bindings and the resolution table, the two or more real-time displays to respective graphical display objects;binding, using a respective element binding and the resolution table, a particular graphical element object to a particular data source; andincluding, on each of the two or more real-time displays, a particular graphical element corresponding to the particular data source.