DYNAMIC USER INTERFACE FOR CONFIGURING AND MANAGING A PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM

A process control management method in a computer system for configuring and supervising a process plant includes providing an interactive user interface to manage a plurality of objects in the process plant, where each of the plurality of objects corresponds to a physical or logical entity in the process plant, including generating a navigation pane to display a set of selectable items, each in the set of selectable items corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of objects, and generating a command pane to display a set of selectable controls, each in the set of selectable controls corresponding to a task to be performed on at least one of the plurality of objects in the process plant; receiving a selection of one of an item in the set of selectable items via the navigation panel and a control in the set of selectable controls via the command panel; determining an operational context based on the received selection, wherein the operational context corresponds to one of a range of actions applicable to the selection if the selection is an item selection, or a range of items to which the selection is applicable if the selection is a control selection; and adjusting one of the navigation pane or the command pane according to the operational context, including displaying a subset of selectable items in the navigational pane, wherein each in the subset of selectable items is within the range applicable to the selection, if the selection is a control selection, and displaying a subset of selectable controls in the command pane, wherein each in the subset of selectable controls is within the range applicable to the selection, if the selection is an item selection. L'invention concerne un procédé de gestion de commande de processus dans un système informatique pour configurer et superviser une installation de traitement, lequel procédé consiste à utiliser une interface utilisateur interactive pour gérer une pluralité d'objets dans l'installation de traitement, chacun des multiples objets correspond à une entité physique ou logique dans l'installation de traitement, y compris générer un volet de navigation afin d'afficher un ensemble d'éléments pouvant être sélectionnés, chacun desdits éléments correspondant à l'un des multiples objets, puis à générer un volet de commande afin d'afficher un ensemble de commandes pouvant être sélectionnées, chacune desdites commandes correspondant à une tâche devant être exécutée sur au moins l'un des multiples objets dan