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Phrase Sets

Select Existing

The Select Existing feature is available for most of the text fields within Xfmea. This utility provides a list of existing descriptions from specified data sources that might apply to the current data field. Each list can be sorted automatically and/or filtered to match specific search criteria. For example, the utility can provide a list of causes that contain the word "fatigue."

Whenever the Select Existing window is available for a data field, the icon will be displayed. When you are working with a record properties window (e.g., Cause Properties), the icon will appear at the upper-right corner of each text field. When you are working in an analysis worksheet (e.g., FMEA worksheet), the icon will appear in the cell when you are editing a text field.

The Select Existing window is shown next.

When the Select Existing window is accessed from a text field in the Project Properties window, it displays a list existing text descriptions for the current data field that exist in any project in the database. For example, if you click the Select Existing icon for the Description field of the Project Properties window, the list will contain text that has been entered in the Description field for other projects within the database.

When the Select Existing window is accessed from other text fields, it consists of two or three tabs. The Select tab of the window displays a list existing text descriptions for the current data field that exist in the data sources that are selected on the Projects tab or the Phrase Sets tab, as explained in the Data Sources for  Select Existing Window section.

To insert one of these descriptions into the current data field, double-click the row or select the row and click OK. If the Replace option is selected, the description will replace the current contents of the data field. If the Append option is selected, the description will be added to the end of the current contents of the data field.

The descriptions are sorted alphabetically. When the list (table) has focus, you can type a letter to move to the first description in the list that begins with the letter. You can also filter these descriptions by entering one or more keywords into the input box in the filtering area at the top of the window. You can specify how to match the specified keywords using the drop-down list.

As you type in the Find field, the list is updated based on the filter criteria that you specified.

Data Sources for Select Existing Window

To select the project sources for the descriptions that will be displayed in the Select Existing window, click the Projects tab. This option is available for every item and record type. Each time you open a Select Existing window, it will use the same projects sources that were selected the last time you used the utility.

For FMEA records only, to select the phrase set sources for the descriptions that will be displayed in the Select Existing window, click the Phrase Sets tab. Each time you open a Select Existing window, it will use the same phrase sets that were selected the last time you used the utility.

 

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