METHOD AND MODULE CLASS OBJECT TO CONFIGURE ABSENT EQUIPMENT IN PROCESS PLANT

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and module class object to configure equipment absences in a process plant.SOLUTION: A method for creating a configuration entity for use in configuring a process plant comprises: creating a class object 52 representative of a process entity within the process plant that includes a first data structure representative of one or more process elements that make up the process entity; and creating a module object based on the class object that includes a second data structure, the second data structure including a configurable first indication to represent whether a specific process element that conforms to a first one of the one or more process elements that make up the process entity is absent.