Process Control Object Search

A searching arrangement for searching for process control objects in a process control system, the searching arrangement comprising:

• a searching unit providing a search function configured to receive a first search term entered by a user regarding process control objects in the process control system,
• obtain the position of the user in the process control system, where the obtained user position is an automatically detected position of a wireless terminal of the user
• search for process control objects in a database comprising data about the various process control objects in the system using the first search term with a limitation to process control objects with a distance to the user position that is within a distance threshold, and
• present the results of the search, where the presented results depend on the user position,
• wherein the searching unit is further configured to obtain at least one process control object identity having been detected by a short range communication unit as the wireless terminal has passed by the process control object and use said identity as a further search term of the search.

A computer program product for searching for process control objects in a process control system, said computer program product being provided on a data carrier comprising computer program code configured to cause a searching arrangement to, when said computer program code is loaded into at least one device providing the searching arrangement,

• receive a first search term entered by a user regarding process control objects in the process control system,
• obtain the position of the user in the process control system through obtaining an automatically detected position of a wireless terminal of the user,
• search for process control objects in a database comprising data about the various process control objects in the system according to the search term and with a limitation to objects with a distance to the user position that is within a distance threshold, and
• present the results of the search, where the presented results depend on the user position,
• the computer program code being further configured to cause the searching arrangement to obtain at least one process control object identity having been detected by a short range communication unit as the wireless terminal has passed by the process control object, and using said identity as a further search term of the search.