Ratings Update

When using risk priority numbers in an FMEA, the revised RPN uses a second set of severity, occurrence and detection ratings to estimate the risk after the recommended actions have been implemented.

The Batch Update Revised RPN Ratings utility provides a quick way to set the revised ratings to match the initial ratings if they are not already defined. For example, if the recommended actions do not reduce the severity of an effect, then you can leave the Revised Severity field blank while recording the analysis and later use the utility to set all of the empty revised rating fields to match the initial ratings.

Choose FMEA > Tools > Ratings Update.

• Update - select to update the revised severity, occurrence and/or detection ratings that are not already set (if any).
• Apply - select to update only the records in the current FMEA or in all FMEAs in the current project.

When you click OK, you will be prompted to confirm because this cannot be undone. The specific changes will not be recorded in any history log or change log.

Tip: In projects using sub-severity ratings, this functionality uses only overall severity ratings and will not apply if you have neither assigned nor calculated overall ratings.