*
Concepts
*
Tasks
*
Settings

Setting Failure Mode Options for a Current Practice Review

This topic explains how to set the failure mode options for a current practice review. These options include:
•
Limit units of measure to the time category for PF intervals, failure-finding intervals, and Useful Life values
•
Define default text for recommended tasks
•
Specify whether indicators are automatically added to the action plan’s inspection task
•
Set options for indicator search values. You can specify how default search values are assigned to indicators that are added to action plans. Search values make it easier for users to find indicators based on trade, maintenance group, PdM technology, operating condition, and expected collection frequency. An indicator created using a template can receive its search values either from the indicator template or the action plan to which it is added. Existing indicators can have their search values updated from the action plan
•
Specify failure-tracking values for indicator alarm states. Indicator alarm states can specify that failure records are automatically created when users acknowledge alarms with work orders, work requests, or by marking the alarms as being fixed during inspection. The alarm state can also specify the failure mode reference and P-F interval to be copied to the failure record. You can specify that the indicator be updated with the failure mode reference and P-F interval from the action plan to which it is added
•
Define behavior when indicators, standard tasks, or standard jobs are deleted from action plans
•
Hide or show the Failure mode note sidebar in Maintenance Action Plan windows
•
Specify the information that will be shown or hidden in the Maintenance Action Plan window
This topic explains how:
•
To Set Details
•
To Set Indicator Options
•
To Set Deletion Behavior Options
•
To Set Format Options

To Set Details

1.
Open the Strategy Development Analysis window.
2.
Make sure that editing is enabled.
3.
On the Properties view, select the Failure Mode Options tab.
4.
On the Details tab, set the following options:
Setting Name
Description
Limit units of measure to units in the time category
Select this option to restrict PF intervals, failure-finding intervals, and Useful Life values to measures of time (hours, days, weeks, and so on). Otherwise, these values can use other units of measure, for example, cycles, operating hours, or kilometers.
5.
In the Default task text box, you can enter text that will automatically appear in the Recommended task box of new action plans.

To Set Indicator Options

1.
Select the Indicators tab.
2.
Specify whether indicators on the action plan are automatically added to its inspection task. You can choose one of the following:
•
Do not add indicators automatically
•
Add indicators automatically – when an inspection task is added, indicators currently on the action plan are added to the standard task. When indicators are subsequently added to the action plan, they are automatically added to the standard task.
3.
If indicators are added automatically, you can have inactive indicators activated. When an existing standard task is selected as the inspection task, its indicators are checked when it is added to the action plan. If collection has been deactivated for any of the indicators, they are activated.
To enable this functionality, select Activate indicators that are currently inactive for collection.
4.
Specify where an indicator that is created from an indicator template gets its search values. You can choose one of the following:
•
Use the values from the indicator template
•
Use the values from the action plan
•
Use the values from the action plan if those from the template are blank
Note: When you create an indicator based on an indicator template, the system checks to see if the asset already has an indicator based on that template. If such an indicator exists, it is used in the analysis, and a new indicator is not created. In this situation, the indicator is not affected by the options described above. If you want the indicator to be updated with the action plan’s values, be sure to set the appropriate option for adding existing indicators to analyses, as described next.
5.
For existing indicators that are identified on action plans, specify where the indicator gets its search values. You can choose one of the following:
•
Use the values from the indicator
•
Use the values from the action plan
•
Use the values from the action plan if those from the indicator are blank
6.
Specify where an indicator that is created from an indicator template gets its failure-tracking values. You can choose one of the following:
•
Use the values from the indicator template
•
Use the values from the action plan
•
Use the values from the action plan if those from the template are blank
7.
For existing indicators that are identified on action plans, specify where the indicator gets its failure-tracking values. You can choose one of the following:
•
Use the values from the indicator
•
Use the values from the action plan
•
Use the values from the action plan if those from the indicator are blank
Note: If indicators are to be updated, they are modified when the action plan’s status changes to “Implementation completed”.

To Set Deletion Behavior Options

1.
Select the Deletion tab.
2.
Specify how APM is to respond when you delete an indicator, standard task, or standard job from an action plan.

To Set Format Options

1.
Select the Format tab.
2.
Set the options for the appearance of the Maintenance Action Plan window:
Setting Name
Description
Description and notes sidebar
Hide or show the Analysis note and Evaluation comments areas in the Maintenance Action Plan window.
Tip: The analyst can add information to the Analysis Note and Evaluation Note tabs located in the Details view, if available.
Details
When this option is selected, the Details tab appears in the Maintenance Action Plan window.
Details
When this option is selected, the second Details tab appears on the Details tab in the Maintenance Action Plan window.
Review requests
When this option is selected, the Review Requests tab appears on the Details tab in the Maintenance Action Plan window.