METHODS AND SYSTEMS IN AN AUTOMATION SYSTEM FOR VIEWING A CURRENT VALUE OF A POINT IDENTIFIED IN CODE OF A CORRESPONDING POINT CONTROL PROCESS

Automation systems, methods, and mediums. A method includes displaying, in a user interface, a portion of code associated with a process running in the automation system. The process is associated with a point variable in the automation system. The portion of code includes the point variable. The method further includes identifying a location of a cursor in a user interface in response to detecting the cursor in the location associated with the user interface for a period of time. The method includes requesting the point value of the point variable in the portion of code and associated with the location of the cursor. The method includes receiving the value associated with the variable over a network connection. The method includes displaying the point value in the user interface in association with the point variable.