Classify failures in an FMEA

You can classify failures in an FMEA to categorize them according to their causes, effects, or detectability by specifying special characteristics for the failure. This can help you identify if a particular failure is critical or minor, or whether the root cause of the failure is a functional, safety, or any other compliance issue.

Procedure

1. Open the FMEA and navigate to the failure that you want to classify.

2. To classify the failure, do one of the following:

Specify the classification type in the Classification column in the Tree view:

In the Tree view, select the failure in the FMEA structure.

Scroll horizontally to navigate to the Classification column and double-click the cell that corresponds to the failure that you want to classify.

Select the required option.

Click outside the cell to save your changes.

Specify the classification type in the Formsheet view:

Specify the classification type in the Classification column in the Tree view:

In the Formsheet view, navigate to the failure that you want to classify.

In the Special Characteristics column, double-click the cell that corresponds to the failure that you want to classify.

Select the required option.

Click outside the cell to save your changes.

Results

The classification category of the failure along with its icon is displayed in the in the Classification column in the tree view, the Special Characteristics column in the formsheet view, and on the tile in the Failure Analysis tab.