Surface display interface for data from downhole systems

A method for displaying data from downhole systems, the method comprising:

• receiving data at a surface unit;
• determining a downhole tool operating mode;
• determining a plurality of display fields to be displayed based at least in part on the downhole tool operating mode, each display field representing one or more pieces of received data;
• displaying the received data on the surface unit in corresponding display fields;
• determining a plurality of expected completion times each of the expected completion times corresponding to one of the plurality of display fields and indicating when data required to update the corresponding display field is expected to have been received at the surface unit based on a rate of receiving the data at the surface unit;
• and
• displaying a next data indicator identifying a corresponding one of the plurality of display fields which will be updated next, the next data indicator based at least in part on the expected completion times.