Industrial automation project design telemetry

A method for providing industrial control system design guidance, comprising:

• rendering, by a system comprising a processor, integrated development environment (IDE) interfaces on a client device;
• receiving, by the system via interaction with the IDE interfaces, industrial design input received from the client device that defines aspects of a control project for monitoring and controller an industrial system;
• generating, by the system, system project data based on the industrial design input, the system project data comprising at least one of an executable industrial control program, an industrial visualization application, or industrial device configuration data;
• generating, by the system, project telemetry data based on a first analysis of the system project data, the project telemetry data identifying industrial devices used by the control project, features of the industrial devices used by the control project, and unused available features of the industrial devices;
• and
• generating, by the system, a recommendation for modifying the control project based on a second analysis performed on the project telemetry data.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system comprising a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• rendering integrated development environment (IDE) interfaces on a client device;
• receiving, via interaction with the IDE interfaces, industrial design input received from the client device that defines aspects of a control project for monitoring and controller an industrial system;
• generating system project data based on the industrial design input, the system project data comprising at least one of an executable industrial control program, an industrial visualization application, or industrial device configuration data;
• generating project telemetry data based on a first analysis of the system project data, the project telemetry data identifying industrial devices used by the control project, features of the industrial devices used by the control project, and unused available features of the industrial devices;
• and
• generating a recommendation for modifying the control project based on a second analysis performed on the project telemetry data.