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Setting up Consequence Priorities

A consequence priority number provides an indication of the relative priority of assets in the site. Priority numbers are calculated during an asset prioritization analysis. The priority number can be used to determine the order of work activities, and is used by the system to determine whether or not indicator alarms are shown on parent assets in the asset hierarchy. During the analysis, the priority number is determined by comparing the asset’s failure consequence scores to a set of rules. If the asset’s scores match a rule, the asset is assigned that rule’s priority number. The asset is always awarded the highest priority number that it matches.
You must define your consequence priorities and the rules using the Consequence Priority dialog. The rules are used to determine the asset’s priority ranking within the site.
APM comes with consequence priorities and rules already defined. You can edit the existing consequence priorities or add new ones for your organization.

To Set up Consequence Priorities

1.
From the Site window, select the Strategy Development view, Settings tab. Select the Prioritization tab and the Asset prioritization settings node in the tree.
Tip: You can also select the Administration menu, Strategy Development Settings, and then Asset Prioritization. The Asset Prioritization Settings dialog appears.
2.
Select the Consequence Priorities tab. This tab lists the consequence priorities for your enterprise.
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For each consequence priority you wish to add, click New. The Consequence Priority window appears.
Note: The CMS Info tab appears only when interoperability settings are turned on for the SAP Plant Maintenance system in the enterprise. For more information, see APM Interoperability Guide for SAP Plant Maintenance.
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On the General tab, enter the following settings:
Setting Name
Description
Priority name
A meaningful name for the priority ranking. This can be a number, word, or phrase such as “High Priority”. Each name must be unique.
Ranking
A number representing how this priority or condition ranks compared to the others. The larger the number, the higher the ranking.
5.
In the Formatting options area, you can select a font, text color, and background color to distinguish this priority when it appears in table rows.
Note: To have the formatting appear in a table’s rows, open the table configuration, select the Appearance tab, then the Table tab and Row Formatting tab. Select the join path to the consequence priority’s Font and color control attribute.
6.
Select the Rules tab.
Once the priority name and rank are selected, you must create at least one formal analysis rule for the priority ranking. When a prioritization analysis is entered in APM, the scores chosen for that asset are compared to these rules and the priority number is applied to the asset based on the rules.
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For each rule clause, click New. The Analysis Rule Clause dialog appears. For example:
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Enter the following settings:
Setting Name
Description
Sequence
Controls the order in which the rules are assessed.
Rule
Indicates whether the scores for the rule’s criteria are used individually or as a group. If each criterion’s consequence is to be used individually, select Any. If the scores of the criteria’s consequences are to be totaled with the resulting total used, select Sum.
Comparison
Identifies how the asset’s scores are compared to the rule’s score. The basic relational comparisons are supported: equal to, greater than, greater than or equal, less than, less than or equal. The comparison is performed by comparing the asset score to the rule’s score.
Score
The value against which the asset score is compared to determine if the asset is assigned this condition or priority.
Rule set
Rule sets are used to apply selected rules to specific asset groups or sites. For those assets, the analysis references the appropriate rule set.
9.
The Analysis criteria table displays a list of the criteria available, filtered by rule set. Select the criteria to be included in this rule.
10.
Click OK to save this rule clause and close the dialog. The description generated when the rule is saved is added to the Description box on the Analysis Rule Clause dialog. It is also included in the Summary box on the Rules tab.
11.
Click OK to save the consequence priority and close the window.
Tip: Later, you can return to the window and click Usage to view a list of assets with this priority.