Profiles/Library Manager

Xfmea’s Profiles/Library Manager allows authorized users to view and manage all of the configurable settings that have been defined in the active library. This library will contain one or more profiles that can be used to set all of the configurable settings for a particular type of analysis. For example, you might have one profile for Design FMEAs and another profile for Process FMEAs. These settings can be copied from the library to a particular project at any time and many are also used with other analyses (e.g., the risk discovery ratings and the options available in analysis plans checklists).

Note: If a standard database (*.rsrp) is currently open, the active library is the separate standard library file (*.lb8) that has been specified at the top of the Profiles/Library Manager window. This can be a file on your own computer or a shared file in a network location that other Xfmea users can edit also.

If an enterprise database (SQL Server or Oracle) is currently open, the active library is stored within the enterprise database itself and the ability to edit this library is restricted to authorized users only.

To open the Profiles/Library Manager, first open a database and then choose File > Manage Repository > Profiles and Templates > Profiles/Library Manager.

If a standard database (*.rsrp) is currently open, the name of the window will be Profiles/Library Manager (Standard) and the active library is the separate standard library file (*.lb8) that has been defined at the top of the Profiles/Library Manager window. To change the active library on your computer, click Browse and then choose a different pathname/filename.
- You can also use the Browse button to convert libraries or profiles from a Version 5 standard library.
- When a standard database (*.rsrp) is currently open, the Reset Library button will be displayed at the bottom of the window. This button resets the active library to the default library that is shipped with the software (Library.lb8). This will not replace whatever library currently exists. Rather, it will create a new standard library file in the C:\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\ReliaSoft\Common folder. If a file with the name Library.lb8 already exists in this location, then the new filename will have an increment at the end (e.g., Library_1.lb8).
If an enterprise database (SQL Server or Oracle) is currently open, the name of the window will be Profiles/Library Manager (Enterprise) and the active library is stored within the enterprise database itself. The ability to edit this library is restricted to authorized users only.

Tip: If multiple users are cooperating on analyses stored in standard database files (*.rsrp) and you want all of the users to have access to the same predefined profiles, you can store a standard library file (*.lb8) in a shared network location that all users can access. Each user can select the shared file as the active library for his/her computer. If a user has read/write access to the *.lb8 file, he/she will be able to edit the settings in the library. If a user has read-only access to the file, he/she will be able only to use the settings that are maintained by others.

Available Settings

The navigation panel lists the twelve types of configuration settings that can be predefined and stored in the library, which include the following items:

Profiles, which use the following settings
- Interface Styles
- Rating Scales ( i.e., severity scale, occurrence scale and detection scale)
- Risk Discovery Questions
- Risk Discovery Ratings
- Phrase Sets
Checklists
Assumptions
Surveys
DFR Planner

The right side of the Profiles/Library Manager window displays a list of the options that have been defined for the selected configuration setting.

You can use the Add, Edit and Delete buttons to work with a configuration setting. (There is no undo for delete.) To import a setting, click the Import button to open the Import to Library window, which allows you to import multiple settings all at once; which for profiles include all of the settings associated with the imported profiles.

The following sections describe the particular windows for adding/editing settings of each configuration setting type.