METHOD, APPARATUS AND MACHINE ACCESSIBLE MEDIA TO PRESENT RECIPE PROGRESS STATUS INFORMATION

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method, an apparatus, and program storage media to present recipe progress status information in a more integrated and detailed manner in a process control system.SOLUTION: A method of the present invention includes displaying a user interface screen associated with a recipe including a plurality of process phases being executed in a process control system. A plurality of process stage progress indicators are displayed in the user interface screen in a depiction method representative of an arrangement of a process flow of the recipe. Each of the process stage progress indicators is representative of at least one of the process phases of the recipe, and a first process stage progress indicator thereof is indicative of at least one progress of the process phases. The first process stage progress indicator is updated in substantially real time on the basis of information received from the process control system.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3