Adding Action Groups

There are multiple views in which you can create new objects or edit them. The result will always be the same, regardless of doing it in the FMEA editor or another view.

To assign actions to a malfunction you need to add an action group first. Action groups consist of construction actions and operation actions. Construction actions are used in design and process FMEA, whereas operation actions are used in FMEA-MSR. Construction actions are preventive actions and detection actions rated by occurrence (O) and detectability (E), respectively. After adding actions to the action group, you do the rating for occurrence and detectability.

Adding a new action group:

Right-click on a malfunction.
Choose New > New Action Group.
Outcome: the "New action group" dialog will open.
Enter a name for the new action group.
With the check box, decide if you want to assign the new action group to all malfunctions on the same level.
Click OK.

Outcome: a triangle appears next to the malfunction. A new action group was added and assigned to the malfunction.

If you did not assign the new action group to all malfunctions of the same structure layer, you still have the option to do this afterwards: right-click on an action group, then choose New > Assign to all malfunctions of the same layer.

SOX offers you an option to use revision states multiple times once they have been established. In that way, you can assign one action group to several malfunctions.

Adding an existing action group:

Right-click on a malfunction.
Choose New > Action Groups and then your desired action group.

Outcome: the action group has been added to the malfunction.