1. A system for operating a process plant, the system comprising: a unitary, logical data storage area including one or more data storage devices configured to store, using a common format, process data corresponding to the process plant, the process data including multiple types of process data selected from configuration data, measurement data, batch data, continuous data, and event data; a first user interface device having a memory device storing first instructions operable to cause a processor of the first user interface device to dynamically generate a first user interface displaying process data; a server coupled to the first user interface device and to the unitary, logical data storage area and operable to provide the process data to the first user interface; and a second user interface device having a memory device storing second instructions operable to cause a processor of the second user interface device to: initiate a transfer of state data from the first user interface device to the second user interface device; receive from the first user interface device, in response to the initiation of the transfer of state data, state data that is (i) indicative of the state of the dynamically generated first user interface and (ii) distinct from the process data displayed by way of the first user interface; and dynamically generate a second user interface displaying process data on the second user interface device according to the received state data indicative of the state of the dynamically generated first user interface.