Importing Systems from Xfmea

To import data from Xfmea, choose System > Template > Xfmea Import.

Note: These instructions refer to Xfmea, but they also apply to RCM++ and RBI.

XFRACAS data is stored in a set of tables within a Synthesis enterprise database. All projects that you have access to within the current database will be shown in the Project drop-down list in the Xfmea Import utility. Choose the project that you want to import from, and the system within that project.

If you want to import the failure modes from Xfmea, select the Import failure modes with template check box.

The system and all of its subsystems and/or components will be imported as a system template. If you have selected to import the failure modes, then for each imported item that has an associated FMEA, failures will be imported to XFRACAS as failure modes and causes as XFRACAS root causes.

A system can be re-imported from Xfmea to XFRACAS to create additional templates.

Association with Xfmea

Items imported from Xfmea maintain an association with the items within Xfmea. This relationship goes in one direction only-- changes made in Xfmea can be brought into XFRACAS, but changes made in XFRACAS cannot be brought into Xfmea. (If you want to maintain an association in the other direction instead, so that changes made in XFRACAS can be brought into Xfmea, you should import the data from XFRACAS into Xfmea. See Import or Sync from XFRACAS in the Xfmea/RCM++/RBI documentation.)

Updating does not happen automatically. To update the data in XFRACAS with changes made to the system and/or associated FMEAs in Xfmea, select the part of interest and choose System > Part > Sync with Xfmea.

In the Xfmea Sync utility that appears, use the check boxes to specify exactly what you want to update:

The currently selected part
The failure modes/root causes associated with the currently selected part
The subcomponents of the currently selected part
The failure modes/root causes associated with the subcomponents

If you have made changes to the system template in XFRACAS and then you sync with Xfmea, the Xfmea values will override XFRACAS values (including failure modes/root causes) for parts that exist in both applications. Items and/or failure modes/root causes that exist only in XFRACAS and have no association with the FMEA will not be deleted or modified.

You can remove the association with the items within Xfmea by choosing System > Part > Remove Xfmea Association.