About the FMEA tree structure

The FMEA tree structure is a hierarchical representation of all the system elements, functions, failures, and initial and revision states as well as their corresponding action groups. It also includes any external system elements, functions, or failures in the FMEA.

The FMEA tree shows information about the FMEA objects, such as the sequence, structure level, release status, attachments, their IDs, and the network information of functions and failures. For failures, the Network Information column shows the number of causes and effects linked to the failure, and for functions, it shows the higher-level and lower-level functions linked to the function.

You can move structures within the FMEA tree by dragging and dropping them at the required level. You can also modify the sequence of the system element representations, function representations, or failure representations by updating the value in the Sequence column.

The following commands are available on the top toolbar in the Tree or Tree with Summary view:

• Find - Search for any element in the FMEA tree structure. You can also refine your search results using filters.

• Expand - Expand or collapse the nodes in the FMEA tree structure.

• Move Up- Move up the FMEA objects in the same tree structure.

• Move Down - Move down the FMEA objects in the same tree structure.

• Add - Add system elements, function, failure, action group, or actions to the selected element in the FMEA tree structure

• Specification - Replace the selected specification with the specified alternative.

• Delete - Delete the selected system element, function, failure, action group, or action in the FMEA tree structure.

• Save Working Context - Save the current working view of the FMEA tree structure.

• Restore - Restore the last saved working state.

• Edit - Edit the value of the sequence of the elements. You can also double-click the cell and edit the value.