Automation system for solving a technical-process task and corresponding method

A method of solving an automated task definition made up of automation elements of different types with the aid of a computer system comprising several hardware-related levels broken down into a control level having at least one server and a client level having one or more client computers, the method comprising:

• solving the entire task definition on a template basis using an automation category for system objects and functions, said system objects including at least one of physical system objects and part-processes, wherein the functions incorporate the system objects in a process-related sequence, and wherein a category-specific data record is created in which, in addition to control data, at least one of data for a display and data for a user interface is also defined, all parts of the data record being defined within the context of the automation category and being categorized into server-related data elements and client-related data elements, and wherein each of the automation elements is compiled on the basis of the server-related data elements, client-related elements, and function elements made up of graphical and textual mechanisms designed to optimize predetermined requirements of the automation element.