OPERATOR CONSOLE PROVIDING GUIDANCE FOR OPERATOR DECISIONS

-26 A method (100) includes determining (101) a current situation to be present in a process controlled by an industrial process control and automation system (IPCS) that includes at least one process controller coupled to input output (I/O) modules coupled to field devices including sensors and actuators that are coupled to processing equipment. Responsive (102) to the current situation, displaying a plurality of suggested actions each including at least one step in a selectable panel in a human machine interface (HMI) associated with an operator computing system for an operator that is coupled to the process controller. Responsive (103) to the displaying, the operator selects in the selectable panel at least one of the plurality of suggested actions (selected action). The selecting of the selected action results in the IPCS automatically implementing (104) at least in part the step(s) associated with the selected action. H220088-AU DETERMINING A CURRENT SITUATION TO BE PRESENT IN A PROCESS CONTROLLED BY AN INDUSTRIAL PROCESS CONTROL 101 AND AUTOMATION SYSTEM (IPCS) THAT INCLUDES AT LEAST ONE PROCESS CONTROLLER COUPLED TO INPUT OUTPUT (I/O) MODULES COUPLED TO FIELD DEVICES INCLUDING SENSORS AND ACTUATORS THAT ARE COUPLED TO PROCESSING EQUIPMENT RESPONSIVE TO THE CURRENT SITUATION, DISPLAYING A PLURALITY OF SUGGESTED ACTIONS EACH INCLUDING 102 AT LEAST ONE STEP IN A SELECTABLE PANEL IN A HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE (HMI) ASSOCIATED WITH AN OPERATOR COMPUTING SYSTEM FOR AN OPERATOR THAT IS COUPLED TO THE PROCESS CONTROLLER RESPONSIVE TO THE DISPLAYING, THE OPERATOR SELECTING 103' yIN THE SELECTABLE PANEL AT LEAST ONE OF THE PLURALITY OF SUGGESTED ACTIONS (SELECTED ACTION) THE SELECTING OF THE SELECTED ACTION RESULTING IN THE 104' yIPCS AUTOMATICALLY IMPLEMENTING AT LEAST IN PART THE AT LEAST ONE STEP ASSOCIATED WITH THE SELECTED ACTION