Viewing and Publishing a Failure Mode

You can view a failure mode to verify whether the information contained in a failure mode is appropriate.

Prerequisites

To publish a failure mode, your user ID has the roles FAILURE_MODE_DELETE or FAILURE_MODE_EDIT assigned to it.
To view a failure mode, your user ID has the role FAILURE_MODE_READ assigned to it.

If you have assigned a business object to a failure mode, you can navigate to the business object details and work on the business object.

Open the Failure Modes application.
In the Failure Mode List window, use the filters to search for an appropriate failure mode.
Choose a failure mode from the search list and double-click to view details.
On the Failure Mode screen, choose the Assignments tab to view the details of all the business objects assigned to the failure mode. On the Assignments tab:
1. Choose Models to view the models assigned to the failure mode.
  
  For more information about working with models, see Models.
2. Choose Equipment to view the pieces of equipment assigned to the failure mode.
  
  For more information about working with equipment, see Equipment.
3. Choose Locations to view the locations assigned to the failure mode.
  
  For more information about working with locations, see Locations.
4. Choose Spare Parts to view the spare parts assigned to the failure mode.
  
  For more information about working with spare parts, see Spare Parts.
5. Choose Groups to view the group assigned to the failure mode.
  
  For more information about working with groups, see Groups.
On the Failure Mode screen, choose the Causes tab to view all the possible causes related to the failure mode.

Choose Add to add a new cause to the failure mode.
Choose Publish to publish the failure mode.

If you want to view details of the relevant business object, double-click it.