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Transfer Functions

Update from Source

View Descendants

Ancestry

Starting in Version 2018, there are several situations in which you can create copies of FMEA records for use in new locations and maintain information about the association between the source record (i.e., the original record) and the descendant records (i.e., the copies). This allows you to know when a source record is changed and, if desired, make corresponding changes to the descendant record(s). These situations include:

When an association exists:

Association Status - FMEA Hierarchy

For each descendant record, the icon in the Ancestry - Source Record column in the FMEA hierarchy indicates the status of its association with the source record.

You can point to the change icon to view a tooltip that indicates the most recent change to the source record. Be aware that only the most recent change is displayed; other changes may also have occurred.

Right-clicking the notification icons provides the following commands:

  Dismiss notification (orange only) resets the icon to green without making any changes. This is useful if you have determined that it is unnecessary to update the descendant in this particular case, but you still want notifications of subsequent changes to the source.

  Go to Source (green and orange only) opens the project and FMEA that contain the source record, and highlights the source record.

  Update from Source (green and orange only) opens the Update from Source window, where you can view the changes that have been made to the source and apply any that you deem appropriate to the descendant. This window compares the current state of the source record and descendant record, so it may have available changes even when the association status icon is green, if a change notification has previously been dismissed without making changes.

  Disconnect from Source (green, orange and red) removes the association between the descendant and the source.

To access these commands from the FMEA worksheet view, right-click a descendant record in the worksheet and choose Ancestry.

Association Status - System Hierarchy

The status icons in the system hierarchy indicate the status of all associations that apply to the item. If the source record (or one of its dependents) for any descendant record included in the item's FMEA or test plan has changed, or if any source record has been deleted, the icon will be orange . A green icon indicates that no source records have been changed either since their descendants were created or since the last time a change notification for the descendants was dismissed.

 

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