FMEA Analysis Tab

To add an FMEA to a project, select an item in the System panel and choose Insert > FMEA > Add FMEA.

The FMEA analysis tab will open in the Analysis panel. In addition, the FMEA icon will appear in the corresponding column in the System Hierarchy tab of the System panel (if that column has been selected for display on your computer). To hide or display columns, right-click the column headers in the System panel, then click Customize Columns to select which columns you want to display. These settings are stored per computer/username in the System Hierarchy page of the Application Setup, so any project that you open on this computer will have the same columns displayed.

There are four tabs at the bottom of the panel. The Header tab allows you to define the information that will be displayed at the top of the FMEA spreadsheet reports. In addition, the software offers three complimentary views to the information contained in your FMEAs. It is easy to switch back and forth between the views so you can choose the display that is best suited for a specific task.

The Hierarchy tab displays the analysis records in a hierarchical tree, which tends to be good for viewing a lot of information in a small amount of space. It can be especially useful when copying and pasting data or when scanning the analysis to find a particular section of the FMEA.
The Worksheet tab follows the traditional tabular format that most FMEA practitioners are familiar with. It allows you to type directly into the worksheet cells and tab through the analysis as you would in a spreadsheet application, such as Microsoft Excel.
The Filtered tab presents a sortable list of all records of a particular type. For example, you may wish to see all cause records sorted by RPN or all overdue actions. This view allows you to generate these lists on-the-fly as you work on the analysis.

Tip: For information about how to use the FMEA tab to perform reliability centered maintenance analysis (RCM), see RCM Analysis.