The invention relates to a method for operating a field device (1) in the field of automation engineering by means of an operating appliance (2) with a homogeneously produced application-specific user surface (3), the method comprising the following steps: a) connecting the operating appliance (2) to the field device (1); b) inputting an application-specific request in the operating appliance (2); c) transmitting the specific request to the interpreter (4); d) sending data and procedures corresponding to the specific request back to the operating appliance (2); e) forwarding the data and procedures corresponding to the specific request from the operating appliance (2) to the field device (1); f) implementing the data and procedures corresponding to the specific request in the field device (1); and g) the method continues with method steps g) to k), the specific request being determined by the interpreter according to the operator action.
