System development device, system development method, and system development program

A method for causing a computer to support development of a system configured by connecting a plurality of constituent elements to each other, where the plurality of constituent elements include a device to which setting information for controlling operations is set, the method comprising:

• obtaining, by a computer, a first constituent-element information list, in which an entry is registered for each of the plurality of constituent elements that constitutes a first system, wherein the entry comprises type information of a constituent element, connection information in which a connection destination of the corresponding constituent element is described, and setting information that is set to the corresponding constituent element;
• displaying, on a display of a display device, a display screen, wherein the display screen connects and displays, based on the connection information, a display object according to the type information for each entry registered in the first constituent-element information list, and receives an edit input for the display object;
• causing, by the computer, an edit input received through the display screen to be reflected in the first constituent-element information list;
• receiving, by the computer, a dividing command designating one of the plurality of constituent elements as a separate target;
• and
• in response to the receiving of the dividing command, executing the following operations:
• determining, by the computer, a first constituent element from among the plurality of constituent elements of a first system, based on the dividing command which designates the first constituent element as the separate target,
• generating, by the computer, a second constituent-element information list for a second system, which is the separate target designated in the dividing command,
• duplicating, by the computer, the first constituent element and adding, by the computer, to the generated second constituent-element information list, the duplicated first constituent element as a second constituent element, which is first element in the generated second constituent-element information list,
• generating and adding, by the computer, a third constituent element to the second constituent-element information list, which indicates a connection between the first constituent element and the second constituent element, and
• updating, by the computer, an object type of the first constituent element in the first constituent-element information list.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program for causing a computer to support development of a system configured by connecting a plurality of constituent elements to each other, wherein the plurality of constituent elements include a device to which setting information for controlling operations is set, the program causing the computer to execute:

• obtaining a first constituent-element information list, in which an entry is registered for each of the plurality of constituent elements that constitutes a first system, wherein the entry comprises type information of a constituent element, connection information in which a connection destination of the corresponding constituent element is described, and setting information that is set to the corresponding constituent element;
• displaying a display screen on a display device, wherein the display screen connects and displays, based on the connection information, a display object according to the type information for each entry registered in the first constituent-element information list, and receiving an edit input for the display object;
• causing an edit input received through the display screen to be reflected in the first constituent-element information list;
• receiving a dividing command designating one of the constituent elements as a separate target;
• and
• in response to the receiving of the dividing command, executing the following operations:
• determining a first constituent element from among the plurality of constituent elements of a first system, based on the dividing command which designates the first constituent element as the separate target,
• generating a second constituent-element information list for a second system, which is the separate target designated in the dividing command,
• duplicating the first constituent element and adding to the generated second constituent-element information list, the duplicated first constituent element as a second constituent element, which is a first element of the generated second constituent-element information list,
• generating and adding a third constituent element to the second constituent-element information list, which indicates a connection between the first constituent element and the second constituent element, and
• updating an object type of the first constituent element in the first constituent-element information.