Data visualization within an integrated asset data system for a process plant

A data integration system of a process plant having a plurality of data source applications, each of which collects or generates entity data pertaining to one or more different entities within the process plant, the data integration system comprising:

• a database configured to store the entity data pertaining to the one or more entities within the process plant collected or generated by the plurality of data source applications;
• a display application stored on a computer readable memory and configured to execute on a processor to create a display for the entity data stored in the database, the display including an integrated navigational tree having a plurality of folders specifying different levels of integration of the entity data in the database and an informational view, wherein the display application enables a user to select different ones of the folders within the navigational tree to specify different levels of integration of the entity data to be displayed and presents the entity data associated with a selected folder in the informational view in a first format for each of the different ones of the folders associated with the different levels of integration of the entity data;
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• a search engine that searches entity data in the informational view and presents entity data located in the search according to the first format.

A method of presenting entity data generated in a process plant having a plurality of data source applications, each of which collects or generates entity data pertaining to one or more different entities within the process plant, the method comprising:

• storing the entity data pertaining to the one or more entities within the process plant collected or generated by the plurality of data source applications in a database, wherein two or more of the plurality of data source applications each presents the entity data in different display formats;
• displaying an integrated navigational tree having a plurality of folders specifying higher and lower levels of integration of the entity data in the database;
• displaying an informational view associated with the navigational tree;
• enabling a user to select one of the plurality of folders within the navigational tree to specify higher and lower levels of integration of the entity data;
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• presenting the entity data associated with the selected folder in the informational view in a first format for each of the different folders associated with the higher and lower levels of integration of the entity data, wherein the first format is a common display format for presenting entity data associated with each of the plurality of folders specifying the higher and lower levels of integration of the entity data in a same format without presenting a same type of entity data in multiple different display formats.

A method of presenting entity data generated in a process plant having a plurality of data source applications, each of which collects or generates entity data pertaining to one or more different entities within the process plant, the method comprising:

• storing the entity data pertaining to the one or more entities within the process plant collected or generated by the plurality of data source applications in a database;
• displaying an integrated navigational tree having a plurality of folders specifying different levels of integration of the entity data in the database;
• displaying an informational view associated with the navigational tree;
• enabling a user to select one of the plurality of folders within the navigational tree to specify different levels of integration of the entity data;
• presenting the entity data associated with the selected folder in the informational view in a first format for each of the different folders associated with the different levels of integration of the entity data;
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• providing a search engine that searches entity data in the informational view and presents entity data located in the search according to the first format.

A data integration system of one or more process plants, comprising:

• a plurality of data source applications, each of which collects or generates entity data pertaining to one or more different entities within the one or more process plants and each of which is disposed at a different geographic location, wherein two or more of the plurality of data source applications each presents the entity data in different display formats;
• a communication network coupled to each of the plurality of data source applications;
• a data integration server connected to the communication network, the data integration server configured to collect the entity data pertaining to the one or more entities within the one or more process plants collected or generated by the plurality of data source applications;
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• a display application associated with the data integration server, stored on a computer readable memory and configured to execute on a processor to create a display for the entity data collected stored in the database, the display including an integrated navigational tree having a plurality of folders specifying higher and lower levels of integration of the entity data in the database and an informational view, wherein the display application enables a user to select the different ones of the folders within the navigational tree to specify higher and lower levels of integration of the entity data to be displayed and presents the entity data associated with a selected folder in the informational view in a first format for each of the different ones of the folders associated with the higher and lower levels of integration of the entity data, wherein the first format is a common display format for presenting entity data associated with each of the plurality of folders specifying the higher and lower levels of integration of the entity data in a same format without presenting a same type of entity data in multiple different display formats.

The data integration system of one or more process plants, comprising:

• a plurality of data source applications, each of which collects or generates entity data pertaining to one or more different entities within the one or more process plants and each of which is disposed at a different geographic location;
• a communication network coupled to each of the plurality of data source applications;
• a data integration server connected to the communication network, the data integration server configured to collect the entity data pertaining to the one or more entities within the one or more process plants collected or generated by the plurality of data source applications;
• a display application associated with the data integration server, stored on a computer readable memory and configured to execute on a processor to create a display for the entity data collected stored in the database, the display including an integrated navigational tree having a plurality of folders specifying different levels of integration of the entity data in the database and an informational view, wherein the display application enables a user to select the different ones of the folders within the navigational tree to specify different levels of integration of the entity data to be displayed and presents the entity data associated with a selected folder in the informational view in a first format for each of the different ones of the folders associated with the different levels of integration of the entity data;
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• a search engine that searches entity data in the informational view and presents entity data located in the search according to the first format.