Select Existing Text Window

The Select Existing Text window provides a list of existing descriptions that might apply to the current text field or analysis. This can help to save time on data entry, ensure consistency and facilitate brainstorming. The utility is used extensively in applications such as Xfmea, RCM++, RBI and MPC, and it is also available for certain text fields in other Synthesis desktop applications.

In Version 11, there are now two ways this utility might be used:

The options will vary depending on the record/field type, and whether you are updating a single description or adding new records. The following example shows how the tool may be used to populate the function description in an FMEA.

Tip: The descriptions are sorted alphabetically under each heading. When the table has focus, you can type a letter to move to the next description that begins with the letter.

Project and Item Filters

This window utilizes the same project and item filters that are available in many other locations throughout Synthesis desktop applications. For example, when searching for text for an item in the system hierarchy, you could use a Project Filter to search for analyses performed by Department A and then use an Item Filter to show only those analyses that were modified in the last month.

In addition, when applicable:

Record Filter

When applicable, the Record Filter shows the possible sources for the current record type and field that you can choose to include or exclude. The specific record types vary depending on the field.

Phrase Sets

FMEA records in Xfmea, RCM++ and RBI also have the option to include text from selected phrase sets.

Field Text

Use the drop-down list in the Field Text area to specify how to match the specified keywords, then type the keywords into the input box.

Record Filter Options

When the descriptions can be obtained from more than one type of analysis (e.g., when PFMEA failures can be copied from FMEA causes, or when control plan operations can be copied from PFD Worksheet operations), the headings in the table identify the source. You can use the Record Filter to specify which source(s) to include.

FMEAs

FMEA Functions

System Hierarchy Items
P-Diagram Ideal Responses
PFD Worksheet Operations

FMEA Failures

P-Diagram Error States
FMEA Causes
PFD Worksheet Product Characteristics

FMEA Effects

FMEA Failures

FMEA Causes

P-Diagram Change Over Times
P-Diagram Control Factors
P-Diagram Piece-to-Piece
PFD Worksheet Process Characteristics

FMEA Controls

Control Plan Methods
DVP&R Test/Specification Methods

FMEA Actions

DVP&R Test/Specification Methods

 

P-Diagrams

Input Signal

System Hierarchy Items

Control Factors

FMEA Causes

Error States

FMEA Failures

Ideal Response

FMEA Functions

Piece-to-Piece

Analysis Plan Assumptions
FMEA Causes
PFD Worksheet Product Characteristics

Usage

Analysis Plan Assumptions

Environment

Analysis Plan Assumptions

Change Over Time

Analysis Plan Assumptions
FMEA Causes

 

Control Plans, PFD Worksheets and DVP&Rs

Control Plan Part/
Process Number

FMEA Functions
PFD Worksheet Operations

Control Plan Process Name/
Operation Description

FMEA Functions
PFD Worksheet Operations

Control Plan Product Characteristic

PFD Worksheet Product Characteristic
FMEA Causes
FMEA Failures

Control Plan Process Characteristic

PFD Worksheet Process Characteristics
FMEA Causes

Control Plan Method

FMEA Controls

PFD Worksheet Operation Description

System Hierarchy Items

DVP&R Test/
Specification Method

FMEA Controls
FMEA Actions

 

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