Programmable display device with user input configuration adjustment

A programmable display device comprising:

• a display section;
• a memory;
• an interface configured to connect to a programmable logic controller;
• and
• a processor configured to obtain data from the programmable logic controller connected to the interface, cause the display section to display a setting screen in response to a predetermined operation, and cause the display section to display an object related to the data, wherein the processor is further configured to:
• accept, via the setting screen, a process setting concerning (a) accumulation of the obtained data which accumulation is to be executed for the obtained data and (b) information for executing the accumulation of the obtained data, wherein the accepting the process setting is performed in a state in which the data is being obtained by the processor;
• execute the accumulation of the obtained data, on the basis of the information and in accordance with the accepted process setting, wherein the execute the accumulation comprises accumulating the obtained data in the memory;
• accept, via the setting screen, a selection as to which of a first setting or a second setting is to be selected,
• wherein the first setting is a setting that is made for a process in which the obtained data is accumulated in the memory and that specifies, as target data for the accumulation, only a portion of the obtained data, wherein the portion of the obtained data is obtained while the object is displayed on the display section, and
• wherein the second setting is a setting that is made for the process in which the obtained data is accumulated and that specifies, as the target data for the accumulation, the obtained data;
• execute the accumulation of only the portion of the obtained data that is obtained while the object is displayed on the display section, in a case where the first setting is accepted;
• and
• execute the accumulation of the obtained data, in a case where the second setting is accepted,
• whereby, in the case where the first setting is accepted, an amount of the obtained data that is subjected to the accumulating in the memory is smaller than that of the case where the second setting is accepted.