User behavior-based help recommendation for controlling execution of an industrial software program

A computer system comprising:

• a memory configured to store a plurality of programmable instructions;
• and
• at least one processing device in communication with the memory, wherein the at least one processing device, upon execution of the plurality of programmable instructions is configured to:
• provide a platform that provides a graphical user interface (GUI) for controlling execution of one or more industrial software programs, wherein the execution of the software program of the one or more software programs includes:
• arranging two more programming blocks of a process flow responsive to an input from an author, the two or more programming blocks configured to be executed consecutively to cooperatively specify an input dataset from which to receive input data, process the input data to generate output data, specify a target dataset, and output the output data to the target data set, each programming block including source code and capable of being compiled and executed individually and in combination with other programming blocks of the two or more programming blocks;
• editing the source code of a programming block of the two or more programming blocks responsive to input from the author;
• and
• compiling the programming block after the source code of the programming block is edited and executing the programming block;
• detect user input device (UID) usage data that indicates usage of how a user uses a UID when controlling execution of a software program of the one or more software programs via the GUI;
• detect user frustration based on the UID usage data;
• and
• provide a prompt to the user using the UID when controlling execution of the software program, wherein the prompt offers help to the user in response to the detection of user frustration.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions for causing a computing system to progressively enable or disable network-based services provided to a plurality of subsystems, the computer-readable instructions comprising instructions that cause the computing system to:

• provide a platform that provides a graphical user interface (GUI) for controlling execution of one or more industrial software programs, the GUI including a development tool and an execution tool while the platform is being accessed;
• detect user input device (UID) usage data that indicates usage of how a user uses a UID when controlling execution of a software program of the one or more software programs via the GUI, wherein the UID usage data includes timestamped interrupt signals from the UID, wherein the execution of the software program of the one or more software programs includes:
• arranging two more programming blocks of a process flow responsive to an input from an author, the two or more programming blocks configured to be executed consecutively to cooperatively specify an input dataset from which to receive input data, process the input data to generate output data, specify a target dataset, and output the output data to the target data set, each programming block including source code and capable of being compiled and executed individually and in combination with other programming blocks of the two or more programming blocks;
• editing the source code of a programming block of the two or more programming blocks responsive to input from the author;
• and
• compiling the programming block after the source code of the programming block is edited and executing the programming block;
• detect user frustration based on patterns of the timestamped interrupt signals from the UID;
• and
• provide a prompt to the user using the UID when controlling execution of the software program, wherein the prompt offers help to the user in response to the detection of user frustration.