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In a system construction support tool, an allocating unit allocates one piece of template information selected from among a plurality of template information to each of a plurality of apparatuses to perform, concerning each of the apparatuses, tying by tag names among monitoring screen setting data,

In a system construction support tool, an allocating unit allocates one piece of template information selected from among a plurality of template information to each of a plurality of apparatuses to perform, concerning each of the apparatuses, tying by tag names among monitoring screen setting data, PLC project setting data, and tag server setting data.

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1. A system construction support tool that supports construction of a monitoring and control system in which a monitoring apparatus monitors and controls a plurality of apparatuses via a tag server and a PLC (Programmable Logic Controller), the system construction support tool comprising: an input u

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A system construction support tool that supports construction of a monitoring and control system in which a monitoring apparatus monitors and controls a plurality of apparatuses via a tag server and a PLC (Programmable Logic Controller), the system construction support tool comprising: an input unit to which an apparatus list in which, concerning the plurality of apparatuses, attributes of apparatuses including apparatus types are specified is input;a storing unit that stores a plurality of template information in which an apparatus type name and a plurality of setting data are respectively associated; andan allocating unit that specifies an apparatus type concerning each of the plurality of apparatuses according to the input apparatus list and allocates one piece of template information selected from among the plurality of template information to each of the apparatuses according to the specified apparatus type, whereinin each of the plurality of template information, the setting data are tied to one another using tag names in advance;the setting data include monitoring screen setting data, PLC project setting data, and tag server setting data,the allocating unit allocates one piece of template information selected from among the plurality of template information to each of the apparatuses to perform, concerning each of the apparatuses, tying by tag names among the monitoring screen setting data, the PLC project setting data, and the tag server setting data,the display unit displays a system construction support tool screen including a tree display section and an item-setting display section,the apparatus list extracted from a piping and instrumentation diagram of a monitoring target created in upstream design is input to the input unit to enable effective utilization of an asset of a user,the display unit hierarchically displays a list of the apparatuses in the tree display section in multiple stages and hierarchically displays the plurality of template information in the tree display section according to the input apparatus list,when there is missing information in the extracted apparatus list, the display unit displays the extracted apparatus list in a display form for urging an input of the missing information, andthe apparatus list, which is completed when the missing information is input according to the display form for urging an input, is input to the input unit. 2. The system construction support tool according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of setting data further include a screen component,the allocating unit allocates one piece of template information selected from among the plurality of template information to each of the apparatuses to perform, concerning each of the apparatuses, tying by tag names among the monitoring screen setting data, the PLC project setting data, the tag server setting data, and the screen component, andthe system construction support tool further comprises a generating unit that generates, concerning each of the apparatuses, a monitoring screen using the setting data and the screen component of the monitoring screen included in the allocated template information. 3. The system construction support tool according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of setting data further include alarm setting data,the allocating unit allocates one piece of template information selected from among the plurality of template information to each of the apparatuses to perform, concerning each of the apparatuses, tying by tag names among the monitoring screen setting data, the PLC project setting data, the tag server setting data, and the alarm setting data, andthe system construction support tool further comprises a registering unit that registers, concerning each of the apparatuses, setting information of alarm operations in association with identifiers of the apparatuses according to the alarm setting data included in the allocated template information. 4. The system construction support tool according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of setting data further include trend setting data,the allocating unit allocates one piece of template information selected from among the plurality of template information to each of the apparatuses to perform, concerning each of the apparatuses, tying by tag names among the monitoring screen setting data, the PLC project setting data, the tag server setting data, and the trend setting data, andthe system construction support tool further comprises a registering unit that registers, concerning each of the apparatuses, setting information of trend operations in association with identifiers of the apparatuses according to the trend setting data included in the allocated template information. 5. The system construction support tool according to claim 1, further comprising a registering unit that registers, concerning each of the apparatuses, tags in association with identifiers of the apparatuses according to the tag server setting data included in the allocated template information. 6. The system construction support tool according to claim 1, further comprising a generating unit that generates, concerning each of the apparatuses, according to the PLC project setting data included in the allocated template information, a PLC project in which label data, a PLC program, and a function block are used. 7. The system construction support tool according to claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of template information includes, as the plurality of setting data, setting contents that can be made common for each of types of the apparatuses. 8. The system construction support tool according to claim 1, wherein, when there is missing information in the extracted apparatus list, the display unit highlights a field of the missing information. 9. The system construction support tool according to claim 1, wherein the monitoring screen includes an overview screen and a face plate screen, andthe display unit further displays, according to a selection of a monitoring information item desired to be displayed on the overview screen as well among monitoring information displayed on the generated face plate screen, the selected monitoring information item in the vicinity of a symbol of the overview screen. 10. A system comprising: an upstream design tool that generates the piping and instrumentation diagram of a monitoring target according to a request from a user;an extracting unit that extracts, as an apparatus list, information concerning apparatuses from the generated piping and instrumentation diagram; andthe system construction support tool according to claim 8 that supports construction of a monitoring and control system using the extracted apparatus list. 11. A system comprising: an upstream design tool that generates a piping and instrumentation diagram of a monitoring target according to a request from a user;an extracting unit that extracts, as an apparatus list, information concerning apparatuses from the generated piping and instrumentation diagram; andthe system construction support tool according to claim 9 that supports construction of a monitoring and control system using the extracted apparatus list. 12. The system construction support tool according to claim 8, wherein the display unit displays, in the item-setting display section, a plurality of setting item fields of an apparatus selected in the tree display section and, when there is missing information among the displayed setting items, highlights a setting item field of the missing information. 13. The system construction support tool according to claim 1, wherein, when an icon indicating a file of an apparatus list is dragged and dropped to the tree display section of the system construction support tool screen, the apparatus list is input to the input unit.