Systems and methods for graphical display configuration design verification in a process plant

A computing device for assessing the completeness of a graphical display configuration of a process plant, the computing device comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a user interface;
• a communication unit;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to the one or more processors, the user interface, and the communication unit, the non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a graphical display configuration application thereon executing in a configuration environment of a process plant that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the computing device to:
• obtain indications of a plurality of display views which combine to represent the process plant, each display view including indications of process control elements;
• obtain indications of sets of control or graphical references corresponding to the plurality of display views, wherein each set of control or graphical references corresponds to one of the plurality of display views, and wherein each control or graphical reference in the set of control or graphical references refers to a process control element or display view element represented in the corresponding display view;
• for each control or graphical reference in each of the sets, determine at least one of:
• (i) whether an indication of the control or graphical reference is included in the corresponding display view;
• (ii) whether the control or graphical reference is stored in a control configuration database;
• or
• (iii) whether related display views or display view elements corresponding to the control or graphical reference are included in the plurality of display views;
• and
• present, via the user interface, a completeness assessment report indicating one or more warnings or errors in the plurality of display views, wherein the one or more warnings or errors are identified based on at least one of:
• (i) that an indication of a control or graphical reference in the sets of control or graphical references is not included in a corresponding display view, (ii) that a control or graphical reference in the sets of control or graphical references is not stored in the control configuration database, or (iii) that related display views or display view elements corresponding to a control or graphical reference in the sets of control or graphical references are not included in the plurality of display views.