Method for automatic processing of a number of protocol files of an automation system

An automation system configured to monitor and control a technical plant, the automation system comprising:

• a plurality of automation devices at an automation level, with the automation devices communicating with each other and with a management unit via a shared data bus at an operation and observation level, and further connected to field devices via a field bus at a field level;
• wherein the automation system is configured to
• monitor and control the technical plant by
• identifying, with agent-based software implemented in an automation device, a number of relevant log files of different types from the number of generated log files of the automation system based on at least one log parameter, wherein the relevant log files comprise at least one of measured signals and status signals from the field devices;
• transforming, with the agent-based software, the identified relevant log files of different types into relevant standardized log files of a same type;
• processing and analyzing, with the agent-based software, data sets of the relevant standardized log files of the same type;
• and
• outputting, with the agent-based software, the data sets of the relevant standardized log files in order to monitor and control the field devices.