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Managing the Characteristics Library

Update the potential defect to the latest version from the Failure Catalog

Procedure

  1. 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.

  1. In the Quality Master Data location, click the Characteristics Library page.

  2. In the left pane, select and open the required Characteristic Group that contains the Quality Characteristic where you want to verify the version of the potential defect.

  3. In the Characteristics pane, select the required Quality Characteristic.

  4. In the Potential Defects section, verify the value of the Latest column for the potential defects.This column displays False for those defects that are updated in the Failure Catalog, and their updated values are not being used in the current Quality Characteristic.

  5. In the Potential Defects section, select the defect that has False in the Latest column, and click Compare And Update Failure to review the current values and the latest values from the Failure Catalog.

  6. In the Compare And Update Failure panel, click Update To Latest to use the latest values from the Failure Catalog.

Source: https://docs.sw.siemens.com/en-US/doc/282219420/PL20251212545240207.control_plan/xid1685311 · retrieved 2026-07-11