1. An industrial automation component, configured to: receive an input that corresponds to at least one of a plurality of hierarchical levels associated with an industrial automation system; receive data from a first set of industrial automation components associated with the at least one of the plurality of hierarchical levels; and send one or more commands to the first set of industrial automation components, wherein the commands are configured to control one or more operations of at least one of the first set of industrial automation components, and wherein the data comprises effectual relationship data that corresponds to the at least one the first set of industrial automation components.