Create a link between related FMEAs

You can create a link between design or process FMEAs and connect FMEA structures or processes that are related to each other.

Procedure

1. Open the FMEA that you want to link to another design or process FMEA.

2. Access the Create FMEA Linkages command in any one of the following ways:

Click the FMEA Linkages tab, and click Create FMEA Linkages .

In the FMEA tree view, click Add > Create FMEA Linkages .

In the FMEA tree view, right-click the FMEA root node and choose Create FMEA Linkages .

Choose More Commands > New > Create FMEA Linkages .

3. In the Create FMEA Linkage panel, in the Input list, specify if you want to search for a design or process FMEA, or both.

If you do not specify any filters, a list of all the FMEAs is available for selection.

4. Click Search to view the search results.

5. To specify whether you want to link the FMEA as a parent or a child of the current FMEA, select Higher Level or Lower Level.

6. Select an FMEA from the search results.

You can select multiple FMEAs to link.

7. Click Create.

The FMEA Linkages tab shows all the FMEAs linked to the current FMEA. The link icon next to the FMEA name indicates that the FMEA is linked to other FMEAs. To delete the linkages between the FMEAs, click on the link between the FMEAs tile and click Remove.