Create variants of a master FMEA

You can create a variants of released FMEAs whose category is set to Master.

You can specify the FMEA properties that you want to include or reset in the FMEA variant, using the configuration file.

Procedure

1. Open the master FMEA and click Select All .

2. Click FMEA Variant Generation Mode.

The FMEA tree structure changes to system element view.

3. Select the system elements that you want to include in the variant.

If you select a parent, the child elements are not selected automatically. However, if you select a child the parents are automatically considered while creating the variant.

4. Click Generate Variant FMEA.

5. In the Generate FMEA Variant panel, specify the required details of the FMEA variant.

6. Select the Run in Background check box to continue running the FMEA variant generation process in the background. You will receive an alert when the FMEA variant generation process is complete.

7. Click Generate.

You receive an alert when the variant FMEA is created. When you open the object in the notification, in the Target Object section, the logs file contains information about the status of the FMEA variant creation (partially created, successfully created, or not created).

You can view all the derived variants in the FMEA Variants tab of the master FMEA.