Managing the Characteristics Library
Review the usage of Quality Characteristics
After you release a Quality Characteristic, you can review where it is used in the Where Used tab. You can view the hierarchy of the parent Inspection Definitions, operations, and Control and Inspection Plannings that use the Quality Characteristic. You can also view the parent FMEAs and FMEA functions where the Inspection Definitions are added with the Quality Characteristic.
Procedure
- From Launcher, click Quality Master Data.
If this option is unavailable, search for it. You can pin it from the search results for future access.
In the Quality Master Data location, click the Characteristics Library page.
In the left pane, select and open the required Characteristic Group that contains the Quality Characteristic to be reviewed.
In the Characteristics pane, select and open the required Quality Characteristic, and click the Where Used tab.
The Used in Structures section displays the parent Inspection Definitions of the current Quality Characteristic. The Used in FMEA section displays the parent FMEAs and FMEA functions where the Inspection Definitions are added with the current Quality Characteristic. Note If you create a new version of the Quality Characteristic, then no Inspection Definitions are using the new version. In the Inspection Definition, when you update to the latest version of the Quality Characteristic, the Inspection Definition reappears in the Where Used tab.
Expand the parent Inspection Definition view the hierarchy of the parent Inspection Definitions, operations, and Control and Inspection Plannings of the current Quality Characteristic.
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Source: https://docs.sw.siemens.com/en-US/doc/282219420/PL20251212545240207.control_plan/xid2296865 · retrieved 2026-07-11