Modular control manifest generator for cloud automation

A method for configuring a cloud-based industrial data collection system, comprising:

• importing, by a system comprising a processor, an industrial controller program file that defines available data tags, wherein a subset of the available data tags have data types that enable cloud-based data collection;
• extracting, by the system, data tag information from the industrial controller program file, wherein the data tag information identifies the subset of the available data tags having the data types that enable the cloud-based data collection;
• generating, by the system, interface displays that render the subset of the available data tags based on the data tag information;
• receiving, by the system via interaction with the interface displays, tag selection input data that selects data tags, from the subset of the available data tags, to be collected from one or more target devices by a cloud-based industrial data collection system;
• and
• generating, by the system, a system manifest file and a data manifest file based on the tag selection input data, wherein the system manifest file and the data manifest file configure the cloud-based industrial data collection system to collect and process data from the data tags.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system comprising a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• importing an industrial controller program file;
• generating data tag information based on analysis of the industrial controller program file, wherein the data tag information identifies available data tags defined in the industrial controller program file;
• identifying a subset of the available data tags that have data types indicating eligibility for cloud-based data collection;
• generating interface displays that render the subset of the data tags based on the data tag information;
• receiving, via interaction with the interface displays, tag selection input data that selects data tags, from the subset of the available data tags, to be collected from one or more industrial devices by a cloud-based industrial data collection system;
• and
• generating a system manifest file and a data manifest file based on the tag selection input data, wherein the system manifest file and the data manifest file configure the cloud-based industrial data collection system to collect and process data from the data tags.