Abstract: In at least one illustrative embodiment, a building automation system may comprise a communication network compatible with at least one building automation system communication protocol, a control system coupled to the communication network, and a building automation server coupled to the communication network. The building automation server may be configured to receive at least one event message over the communication network from the control system in response to a corresponding condition occurring on the control system, access past event messages generated by the control system in response to past occurrences of the corresponding condition, and generate event alert data as a function of the received at least one event message and the retrieved past event messages, the event alert data identifying (i) a name of the corresponding condition, (ii) a real-time status of the control system, and (iii) a quantitative summary of the past occurrences of the corresponding condition.

Abstract: A method and system for providing actionable options, particularly reporting options, to a user of a building automation system via a user interface (UI) based on a current context of the user includes the system identifying contextual information associated with the UI in a building automation system. A list of predefined (reporting) options is then ranked based on a relevance of each of the predefined options to the contextual information. The ranked list is then presented to the UI. Ranking is achieved by assigning a relevance score to each of the predefined options based on the relevance of metadata associated with the predefined options to the contextual information associated with the UI. The contextual information includes source data from components and devices of the system associated with the user interface. A computer-readable device to store instructions executable by a processor to perform the operations described herein is also provided.

Abstract: Systems and methods for a context-based user interface in a building automation system are described. The method includes receiving, by the building automation system, a user request including context information. The method further includes determining a list of matching reports based on the context information; and providing the list of matching reports to the user interface.

Abstract: In at least one illustrative embodiment, a building automation system may comprise a communication network compatible with at least one building automation system communication protocol, a control system coupled to the communication network, and a building automation server coupled to the communication network. The building automation server may be configured to receive at least one event message over the communication network from the control system in response to a corresponding condition occurring on the control system, access past event messages generated by the control system in response to past occurrences of the corresponding condition, and generate event alert data as a function of the received at least one event message and the retrieved past event messages, the event alert data identifying (i) a name of the corresponding condition, (ii) a real-time status of the control system, and (iii) a quantitative summary of the past occurrences of the corresponding condition.