1. A graphic element presented on a process control display view corresponding to a process plant, the graphic element comprising: an execution, in a run-time operating environment of the process plant, of an instantiation of a graphic element object corresponding to a process entity included in the process plant, the graphic element object being configurable, the graphic element object including a link to a display object from which the process control display view is instantiated, and the execution of the instantiation of the graphic element object including: a visual representation of the process entity, and a link to the process element to receive real-time data corresponding to a process being controlled in the process plant, the real-time data corresponding to at least one attribute of the graphic element.