Adapting data models for data communication to external platforms

An industrial automation system, comprising:

• a plurality of devices configured to perform industrial automation system operations;
• a processor configured to:
• receive a request to transmit a first dataset to an external component communicatively coupled to the processor, the first dataset having a first data structure;
• receive an indication of a second data structure associated with the external component;
• detecting a second data structure of one or more datasets associated with the external component;
• determine a relationship between the first data structure and the second data structure;
• and
• generate a second dataset by converting the first dataset into a second dataset structured according to the second data structure based on the relationship.

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a computing device of an industrial automation system, a request to transmit a first dataset to an external component communicatively coupled to the computing device, the first dataset having a first data structure;
• receiving, by the computing device, an indication of a second data structure associated with the external component;
• determining, by the computing device, a relationship between the first data structure and the second data structure;
• converting, by the computing device, the first dataset into a second dataset structured according to the second data structure based on the relationship;
• and
• transmitting, by the computing device, the second dataset to the external component.