Method and Arrangement for Providing Data from an Industrial Automation Arrangement to an External Arrangement

A method for providing data from a data source, in particular from an industrial automation arrangement to an external application arranged outside a first data network of the data source, a gateway component processing raw data from the data source and making the processed data available to the external application, the method comprising:

• transmitting, by the external application, a work order to the gateway component, the work order comprising at least details about an identity and/or role of the user of the external application, about the raw data to be processed from the data source, an algorithm for the abstraction and/or anonymization of the raw data and details about a regularity or frequency of the data processing;
• checking the work order by the gateway component;
• capturing and processing the raw data in accordance with the work order;
• and
• providing the abstracted and/or anonymized data to one of (i) the external application and (ii) a destination defined in the work order;
• wherein a negative result of said check of the work order causes transmittal of a response message with alternative conditions of the work order to the external application which one of (i) confirms the alternative conditions, (ii) rejects the alternative conditions and (iii) utilizes the alternative conditions to define a new work order.

An arrangement for providing data from a data source to an external application arranged outside a first data network of the data source, the arrangement comprising:

• a gateway component configured to process raw data from the data source and to make the processed data available to the external application;
• wherein the gateway component is further configured to:
• receive a work order from the external application, the work order comprising at least details about an identity and/or role of the user of the external application, about the raw data to be processed from the automation arrangement, an algorithm for the abstraction and/or anonymization of the raw data and details about a frequency or regularity of the data processing;
• check the work order;
• capture and process the raw data according to the work order;
• and
• provide the abstracted and/or anonymized data to the external application or to a destination defined in the work order;
• wherein the gateway component is further configured to:
• respond to a negative check of the work order by transmitting a response message with alternative conditions of the work order to the external application;
• and
• wherein the external application is configured to one of (i) confirm the alternative conditions, (ii) reject the alternative conditions and (iii) define a new work order.