MANUFACTURING EXECUTION SYSTEM AUTHORIZATION

摘要

A manufacturing execution system (MES) for selectively controlling the display of MES content. The MES displays a first view with data about a first aspect of an industrial process and determines whether the user is authorized to view data about a second aspect of the industrial process related to the first. An inactive informational display item is generated when the user is not authorized to view the data about the second aspect. The informational display item provides a visual indication of the relationship between the first and second aspects and is non-selectable for navigating to another display. An active navigational display item is generated when the user is authorized to view the data about the second aspect. The navigational display item provides a visual indication of the relationship between the first and second aspects and is selectable for navigating to a second view including data about the second aspect.

主权项

1. A manufacturing execution system configured to manage an industrial process comprising:
an authentication module configured to determine whether a user is authorized to view data about a first aspect of the industrial process and data about a second aspect of the industrial process that is directly related to the first aspect of the industrial process; a data collection module operatively connected to the industrial process and configured to receive the data about the first and second aspects of the industrial process from the industrial process and to store the received data; a visualization module operatively connected to the authentication system and the data collection system and configured to:
receive an indication from the authentication system that said user is authorized to view the data about the first aspect of the industrial process;receive the data about the first aspect of the industrial process from the data collection system;display a first view including the data about the first aspect of the industrial process;receive an indication from the authentication system relating to whether said user is authorized to view the data about the second aspect of the industrial process from a group of indications consisting of:
a non-authorization indication indicating said user is not authorized to view the data about the second aspect of the industrial process; andan authorization indication indicating said user is authorized to view the data about the second aspect of the industrial process; anddisplay, responsive to the indication from said group of indications, a display item selected from a group of display items consisting of:
an informational display item when the visualization system receives the non-authorization indication, the informational display item providing a visual indication of the relationship between the first aspect of the industrial process and the second aspect of the industrial process and being non-selectable for navigating to another display; anda navigational display item when the visualization system receives the authorization indication, the navigational display item providing a visual indication of the relationship between the first aspect of the industrial process and the second aspect of the industrial process and being selectable for navigating to a second view including the data about the second aspect of the industrial process.