10. A method for transforming industrial data for transfer to a cloud-based application, comprising: generating and collecting, by an industrial device comprising at least one processor, industrial data generated via control of an industrial process; receiving, by the industrial device, a request from a cloud-based application executing on a web-based cloud platform to add a specified item of contextual information to the industrial data, wherein the contextual metadata represents at least a plant site identifier and a production area identifier associated with the industrial data, an identity of a product being produced at a time the industrial data was generated, a state of a machine at the time the industrial data was generated, and an actionable tag, wherein the plant site identifier and the production area identifier indicate an origin of the data within a hierarchical organizational model that describes an industrial enterprise in terms of at least an enterprise level, a plant site level, and a production area level; transforming, by the industrial device, the industrial data into refined data in accordance with a determined requirement of the cloud-based application, wherein the transforming comprises at least adding the contextual information specified by the request to the industrial data; and transferring, by the industrial device, the refined data to the cloud-based application to facilitate notifying a user in accordance with the actionable tag.
10. A method for transforming industrial data for transfer to a cloud-based application, comprising: generating and collecting, by an industrial device comprising at least one processor, industrial data generated via control of an industrial process; receiving, by the industrial device, a request from a cloud-based application executing on a web-based cloud platform to add a specified item of contextual information to the industrial data, wherein the contextual metadata represents at least a plant site identifier and a production area identifier associated with the industrial data, an identity of a product being produced at a time the industrial data was generated, a state of a machine at the time the industrial data was generated, and an actionable tag, wherein the plant site identifier and the production area identifier indicate an origin of the data within a hierarchical organizational model that describes an industrial enterprise in terms of at least an enterprise level, a plant site level, and a production area level; transforming, by the industrial device, the industrial data into refined data in accordance with a determined requirement of the cloud-based application, wherein the transforming comprises at least adding the contextual information specified by the request to the industrial data; and transferring, by the industrial device, the refined data to the cloud-based application to facilitate notifying a user in accordance with the actionable tag. 11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the transforming further comprises at least one of compressing, aggregating, encrypting, filtering, or re-formatting the industrial data.