About FMEA formsheets

You can view the FMEA data of a system element representation, such as failure effects, failure causes, and other related actions in the formsheet. While creating FMEA objects, you specify the failure analysis mode type as process FMEA or design FMEA and specify the guidelines associated with them. FMEA provides guidelines based on the AIAG & VDA, IATF 16949, AS13004, and AS13100 industry standards. These guidelines are linked to a configuration file, which is used to render the Formsheet view.

You can open the formsheet in one of the following ways:

• Open the Formsheet view on the top toolbar. When you open the formsheet using this method, it opens in full mode that contains information about the systems, subsystems, and components, and the entire hierarchy of the FMEA that is analyzed.

• Right-click a system element and choose Open in Formsheet in the Tree view. When you open the formsheet using this method, it is displayed in a new browser tab in the Lite mode which displays information specific to the focus element only.

Note The Lite mode is not available in the Formsheet view. It is available only when you open the formsheet using the Open in Formsheet right-click menu option in the Tree or Tree with Summary view.

In the formsheet, you can perform basic actions such as creating system element representations, creating function representations, or associating failure effects and failure causes to failure representations.

1	Commands in the formsheet	The formsheet has the following commands: Refresh - Refreshes the display of the formsheet after you have made updates. Filter - Allows you to apply filters on different columns in the formsheet to narrow down the search results. Print Formsheet - Lets you download and print the formsheet data to an HTML file. Edit > Header - Allows you to edit the information in the header. Edit > Cross Functional Team - Lets you update the information regarding the cross functional team that is performing the FMEA. Lite Mode - This mode available only when you open the formsheet using the Open in Formsheet right-click menu option in the Tree view. It displays the information with respect to the functions, failures, and actions of the focus system element. The information about its children is not shown. In large formsheets, this helps you to work with smaller chunks of data. The Print Formsheet command is not available in the Lite mode. Rows per Page - Lets you specify the number of rows that you want to display on each page in the formsheet. Full Screen - Displays the formsheet in the full screen mode.
2	Formsheet header	The formsheet header row displays information about the planning and preparation step of the FMEA such as the company name and company logo, the start and revision date of the FMEA, and the cross functional team. The formsheet header row is collapsed by default.
3	Columns	The formsheet columns display information about each step in the FMEA. You can show or hide these columns, or apply filters as required. You can open FMEA objects from within the formsheet. To do this, right-click a cell in the formsheet and click Open .