XFRACAS Connection

XFRACAS is a web-based, closed-loop, incident (failure) reporting, analysis and corrective action system designed for the acquisition, management and analysis of product quality and reliability data from multiple sources. There are several ways in which you might wish to share data between XFRACAS and the analyses that you perform in ReliaSoft desktop applications:

  • Use the Reliability Data Warehouse in Weibull++ to extract data from XFRACAS incidents. (See Reliability Data Warehouse in the Weibull++ documentation.)
  • Share system configuration and failure mode data between XFRACAS and XFMEA/RCM++. (See Import or Sync from XFRACAS in the XFMEA/RCM++ documentation.)

When you are working with an enterprise database, the data from XFRACAS and ReliaSoft desktop applications can be stored in the same SQL Server or Oracle database.

When you are working with a standard database (*.rsr21), you will need to establish a connection to an enterprise database that contains XFRACAS data. To do this, choose File > Manage Database > XFRACAS Connection. (In a secure database, this is available only for users with the "Manage other database settings" permission.)

In the XFRACAS Connection Settings Window, select Connect to an enterprise database with XFRACAS data then choose Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle.

  • For a SQL Server database, enter the server name and database name.
    • Encrypt communication. Secures the connection information between the ReliaSoft application and the enterprise database.
    • Trust server certificate. Select this option if the server has a self-signed certificate.
    • Use impersonation. Configures the connection setting to impersonate a Windows user account with a SQL Server login that is shared by multiple users. (See SQL Server Logins or Using Windows Impersonation.) If you do not use impersonation, then each user who uses the features that utilize XFRACAS must have an account in the external database that contains the XFRACAS data.
  • For an Oracle database, enter the port, host and service identifiers and the database schema. Your Windows login credentials are used for access to the database; enter your Windows password.