Prerequisite: the Catalogs view is active.

Right-click on the Public folder.
Choose New > Failure rate catalog (IEC62380 or SN29500) - Outcome: the dialog "New IEC62380/SN29500 Catalog" will open.
Use the Browse button to specify the file location.
The Catalog ID will be set automatically.
Enter a Name for the catalog.
Optionally, enter a Description.
Click Finish.

Outcome: a new catalog was created and opened in the editor.

A failure rate catalog is subdivided into categories and failure mode types.

Creating Categories

Prerequisites: a catalog was created and the catalog editor is active.

Right-click on the catalog in the editor.
Choose New > Category. - Outcome: the dialog "Create new Category" will open.
Enter a Name for the category.
Click OK to finish or Save & proceed to create further categories.

Outcome: a category was created.

To create sub-categories you need first to select a parent category and then repeat the procedure
for creating categories.

Creating Component Types

Prerequisite: a component category was created.

Right-click on the category folder that you want to contain the component type.
Choose New > Component type. - Outcome: the dialog "Create new Component Type" will open.
Enter a name for the component type.
Click OK to finish or Save & proceed to create further component types.

Outcome: a new component type was created and added to the selected category.

Now the component type can be edited in the Details part of the Catalog editor.

[1] Catalog explorer

[2] Details of a component type (IEC62380 in this example scenario)