FMEA Dashboards

You can now use the flexible Dashboard utility for presenting data from the FMEA and FMRA analyses that you perform in XFMEA/RCM++.

To access this feature, open a project and choose Home > Reporting > Dashboard.

As with any other dashboard, you can use the Dashboard Viewer to select any of the layouts that have been predefined for this type of data. In a secure database, only users with the "Manage dashboard layouts" permission can use the Dashboard Manager to create or edit layouts.

Tip: These dashboards always consider all of the FMEA/FMRA data in the current project, so it doesn’t matter which item is currently selected in the system hierarchy. If you wish to focus only on specific item(s) of interest, use the built-in filtering and drill-down capabilities when you configure the dashboard layout. (See Configuring a Drill Down and Configuring a Master Filter.)

Data Source Drop-Down List

When you are creating a dashboard layout based on FMEA/FMRA data, the drop-down list at the top of the Data Source panel gives three options.

  • All FMEA Record Types returns data from items, functions, failures, effects and causes.
  • FMEA Causes returns only data from cause records.
  • FMEA Cause Actions returns only data from actions assigned to causes in FMEAs.

As a simplified example, the following picture shows two dashboard grids for the same set of data. The first one uses the data fields for all FMEA record types, while the second uses the fields for FMEA causes only.

FMEA/FMRA Dashboard Data Fields

The data field names shown in this table are the default names. The field names use the display name from the interface style and consequently may not match the names shown here.

Data Field

Description

FMEA Causes

FMEA Cause Actions

All FMEA Record Types

Properties (these field names are preceded by the Property- prefix)

Record Type

This can be Item, Function, Failure, Effect or Cause.

-

-

X

Name,
Description

For system hierarchy items, the name is required but the description can be blank.

For FMEA records, the description is required. If the name field contains an asterisk (*) or is blank when you save the record, the software automatically uses the first 50 characters of the full description.

-

-

X

Cause, Effect, Failure, Function, Item, Recommended Action

The description for the cause or action, as well as the cause (for actions), effect, failure, function and item that the record is associated with.

X

X

-

FMEA % Completed

The percentage that has been entered via the item properties.

-

-

X

Target Reliability,
Target Availability

The value that has been entered via the item properties (for items) or via the FMRA record properties (for causes).

X

-

X

Actual Completion Date, Actual Start Date, Planned Completion Date, Planned Start Date

The dates associated with the start and completion of the action.

-

X

-

Action Status

The status of the action (e.g., Not Started, In Progress, etc.) as determined based on the actual and panned start/completion dates.

-

X

-

Person Responsible

The person assigned responsibility for the action.

-

X

-

Action Taken

The description of the outcome of the action.

-

X

-

Review Date, Review Status, Reviewer

The fields associated with action review.

-

X

-

Action User [Type, #]

The various user-defined fields available for actions.

 - X -

RPN metrics and qualitative ratings (these field names are preceded by the RPN- prefix)

Si, Sr

The initial and revised severity rating.

X

X

X

Oi, Or

The initial and revised occurrence rating.

X

X

X

Di,

The initial and revised detection rating.

X

X

X

RPNi, RPNr

The initial and revised RPNs (S x O x D).

X

X

X

(SxO)i, (SxO)r

The initial and revised severity times occurrence (S x O).

X

X

X

SODi, SODr, SDi, SDr

The initial and revised SOD or SD metrics.

X

-

X

RPN Reduction %

The percent reduction from the initial to revised RPN.

X

-

X

RRi, RRr

The initial and revised risk ranking.

X

X

X

QCPN metrics and quantitative values for ratings (these field names are preceded by the QCPN- prefix)

Sev_Det_i,

The initial and revised severity if the failure is detected.

X

-

X

Sev_Un_i,

The initial and revised severity if the failure is undetected.

X

-

X

Occ_Prob_i,

The initial and revised probability of occurrence.

X

-

X

Det_Prob_i,

The initial and revised probability of detection.

X

-

X

QCPNi, QCPNr

The initial and revised Quantitative Consequence Priority Number (QCPN).

X

-

X

QCPN Reduction %

The percent reduction from the initial to revised QCPN.

X

-

X

FMRA calculations and simulations (these field names are preceded by the FMRA- prefix)

Reliability
Prob of Failure

Values obtained from FMRA analytical calculations.

X

-

X

Availability
Operating Cost
Cost per Operating Time
RS DECI, RS DTCI, RS FCI

Values obtained from FMRA simulations.

X

-

X

Criticality analysis (these field names are preceded by the Criticality- prefix)

Prob of Loss

A quantitative criticality analysis factor defined via the FMRA properties for failure modes.

-

-

X

Mode Ratio, Criticality

Values obtained from criticality analysis calculations in the FMRA.

-

-

X

Failure Probability (Scale)
Severity Class

The text labels associated with the failure probability and severity class ratings assigned for the failure mode (e.g., Level E – Extremely Unlikely and Category IV – Minor).

-

-

X

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