FMEA Dashboards

You can now use the flexible Synthesis Dashboard utility for presenting data from the FMEA and FMRA analyses that you perform in Xfmea/RCM++/RBI.

To access this feature, open a project and choose Home > Reporting > Dashboard.

As with any other Synthesis dashboard, you can use the Dashboard Viewer to select any of the layouts that have been predefined for this type of data. In a secure database, only users with the "Manage dashboard layouts" permission can use the Dashboard Manager to create or edit layouts.

Tip: These dashboards always consider all of the FMEA/FMRA data in the current project, so it doesn’t matter which item is currently selected in the system hierarchy. If you wish to focus only on specific item(s) of interest, use the built-in filtering and drill-down capabilities when you configure the dashboard layout. (See Configuring a Drill Down and Configuring a Master Filter.)

Data Source Drop-Down List

When you are creating a dashboard layout based on FMEA/FMRA data, the drop-down list at the top of the Data Source panel gives two options.

All FMEA Record Types returns data from items, functions, failures, effects and causes.
FMEA Causes only returns data from cause records.

As a simplified example, the following picture shows two dashboard grids for the same set of data. The first one uses the data fields for all FMEA record types, while the second uses the fields for FMEA causes only.

FMEA/FMRA Dashboard Data Fields

Data Field	Description	FMEA Causes	All FMEA Record Types
Properties (these field names are preceded by the Property- prefix
Record Type	This can be Item, Function, Failure, Effect or Cause.	-	X
Name Description	For system hierarchy items, the name is required but the description can be blank. For FMEA records, the description is required. If the name field contains an asterisk (*) or is blank when you save the record, the software automatically uses the first 50 characters of the full description.	-	X
Cause, Effect, Failure, Function, Item	The description for the cause, as well as the effect, failure, function and item that the cause is associated with.	X	-
FMEA % Completed	The percentage that has been entered via the item properties.	-	X
Target Reliability Target Availability	The value that has been entered via the item properties (for items) or via the FMRA record properties (for causes).	X	X
RPN metrics and qualitative ratings (these field names are preceded by the RPN- prefix)
Si, Sr	The initial and revised severity rating.	X	X
Oi, Or	The initial and revised occurrence rating.	X	X
Di, Dr	The initial and revised detection rating.	X	X
RPNi, RPNr	The initial and revised RPNs (S x O x D).	X	X
(SxO)i, (SxO)r	The initial and revised severity times occurrence (S x O).	X	X
SODi, SODr, SDi, SDr	The initial and revised SOD or SD metrics.	X	X
RPN Reduction %	The percent reduction from the initial to revised RPN.	X	X
QCPN metrics and quantitative values for ratings (these field names are preceded by the QCPN- prefix)
Sev_Det_i, Sev_Det_r	The initial and revised severity if the failure is detected.	X	X
Sev_Un_i, Sev_Un_r	The initial and revised severity if the failure is undetected.	X	X
Occ_Prob_i, Occ_Prob_r	The initial and revised probability of occurrence.	X	X
Det_Prob_i, Det_Prob_r	The initial and revised probability of detection.	X	X
QCPNi, QCPNr	The initial and revised Quantitative Consequence Priority Number (QCPN).	X	X
QCPN Reduction %	The percent reduction from the initial to revised QCPN.	X	X
FMRA calculations and simulations (these field names are preceded by the FMRA- prefix)
Reliability Prob of Failure	Values obtained from FMRA analytical calculations.	X	X
Availability Operating Cost Cost per Operating Time RS DECI, RS DTCI, RS FCI	Values obtained from FMRA simulations.	X	X
Criticality analysis (these field names are preceded by the Criticality- prefix)
Prob of Loss	A quantitative criticality analysis factor defined via the FMRA properties for failure modes.	-	X
Mode Ratio, Criticality	Values obtained from criticality analysis calculations in the FMRA.	-	X
Failure Probability (Scale) Severity Class	The text labels associated with the failure probability and severity class ratings assigned for the failure mode (e.g., Level E – Extremely Unlikely and Category IV – Minor).	-	X

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