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TY - CONF AU - Burdzanowski, L. AU - Asko, A. AU - Lameiro, A. AU - Penar, K. AU - Roderick, C. AU - Urbaniec, B. AU - Vasiloudis, V.I. ED - Schaa, Volker RW ED - Costa, Isidre ED - Fernández, David ED - Matilla, Ãscar TI - CERN Controls Configuration Service - a Challenge in Usability J2 - Proc. of ICALEPCS2017, Barcelona, Spain, 8-13 October 2017 C1 - Barcelona, Spain T2 - International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Control Systems T3 - 16 LA - english AB - Complex control systems often require complex tools to facilitate daily operations in a way that assures the highest possible availability. Such a situation poses an engineering challenge, for which system complexity needs to be tamed in a way that everyday use becomes intuitive and efficient. The sensation of comfort and ease of use are matters of ergonomics and usability - very relevant not only to equipment but especially software applications, products and graphical user interfaces. The Controls Configuration Service (CCS) is a key component in CERN's data driven accelerator Control System. Based around a central database, the service provides a range of user interfaces enabling configuration of all different aspects of controls for CERN's accelerator complex. This paper describes the on-going renovation of the service with a focus on the evolution of the provided user interfaces, design choices and architectural decisions paving the way towards a single configuration platform for CERN's control systems in the near future. PB - JACoW CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 159 EP - 165 KW - ion KW - controls KW - software KW - interface KW - GUI DA - 2018/01 PY - 2018 SN - 978-3-95450-193-9 DO - 10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2017-TUBPL01 UR - http://jacow.org/icalepcs2017/papers/tubpl01.pdf ER -