The embodiment of the invention provides a configuration method and device. The configuration method comprises the following steps of associating an attribute identifier of a physical object type with a predetermined configuration with a graphic element in a corresponding display graphic template in a development mode; in run mode, creating a graphic calculation object for a monitored physical object of the physical object type, wherein the graphic calculation object comprises data of the display graphic template of the physical object type, and the display graphic template comprises at least one graphic element; drawing a display graph of the monitored physical object by the graphic calculation object according to the data of the display graphic template; and rendering the graphic element associated with the attribute identifier as a display effect corresponding to an attribute value of an attribute identifier of the monitored physical object. The scheme of the invention can quickly realize graphical display, the configuration operation is more concise and convenient, the configuration efficiency is improved, and the expansibility is better.