Building management system site categories

A server configured to provide access to histories of a multi-site enterprise having multiple sites with multiple site controllers, the server comprising:

• a server controller;
• a server database in communication with the server controller and configured to store a site controller history collection;
• a history viewer in communication with the server controller and the server database;
• and
• wherein:
• the server controller is configured to automatically detect site controllers connected to a network with the server that lack a site controller history in the server database;
• in response to detecting a site controller that is not already in the server database, the server controller is configured to:
• create a connection with the detected site controller;
• automatically import a configuration of the detected site controller to the server database;
• and
• perform a backup of the configuration of the detected site controller;
• the server controller is configured to upload a history log from a site controller connected to the network with the server and store the history log in the server database;
• and
• the server controller is configured to display a history via the history viewer for one or more sites selected by a user at a workstation from the server database.

A server for viewing one or more sites of a multi-site enterprise from a remote location, the server comprising:

• a server controller;
• a server memory storing an enterprise element tree node;
• and
• a server database in communication with the server controller and the server memory;
• wherein the server controller is configured to:
• automatically detect site controllers connected to a network with the server that are not already in the server memory and in response to detecting a site controller that is not already in the server memory:
• connected to the detected site controller;
• create a file structure for the detected site controller;
• automatically import to the server database a site controller configuration of the detected site controller;
• perform a backup of the configuration of the detected site controller to the created file structure;
• retrieve one or more enterprise model elements from the enterprise element tree node in response to a user request and provide a list of site categories for one or more enterprise model elements;
• and
• display a list of sites in a site category in response to a user selection of the site category.