Automation program controller allocation

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a system comprising a processor via interaction with a project development interface, programming input that defines an industrial control program as part of an industrial control project, wherein the industrial control program is initially unallocated to an industrial controller;
• and
• in response to receiving, via interaction with the project development interface, an instruction to allocate the industrial control program to a controller definition corresponding to an industrial controller, binding, by the system, industrial control program to the controller definition,
• wherein the binding configures the industrial control project to allocate a copy of the industrial control program to the industrial controller represented by the controller definition.

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:

• receiving, via interaction with a project development interface, design input that defines an industrial control project comprising an industrial control program, wherein the industrial control program is initially unassigned to an industrial controller;
• and
• in response to receiving, via interaction with the project development interface, an instruction to assign the industrial control program to a controller definition representing an industrial controller, defining, as part of the industrial control project, a binding between the industrial control program and the controller definition,
• wherein the binding configures the industrial control project to assign a copy of the industrial control program to the industrial controller represented by the controller definition.