Systems and methods for broadcasting data and data tags associated with an industrial automation system

A controller, configured to:

• receive, from at least one of a plurality of controllers, a request to subscribe to a first data feed channel associated with the controller, the request comprising:
• one hierarchical level of a plurality of hierarchical levels of an automation system;
• and
• at least one data tag of a plurality of data tags configured to characterize each entry of a plurality of entries of the first data feed channel;
• determine whether the at least one of the plurality of controllers has an authorization to access the first data feed channel;
• and
• publish a portion of the plurality of entries in a second data feed channel associated with the at least one of the plurality of controllers when the at least one of the plurality of controllers has the authorization, wherein the portion of the plurality of entries is associated with the one hierarchical level and the at least one data tag, and wherein the second data feed channel comprises a Rich Site Summary (RSS) document configured to display the portion of the plurality of entries and an additional plurality of entries associated with one or more operations of the at least one of the plurality of controllers, wherein the RSS document is scrollable to review each entry of the portion of the plurality of entries.