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How can I customize Lambda Predict reports to meet my particular
needs?
Lambda Predict
provides a variety of print-ready reports for your analysis, including
Failure Rate, Parts List, Pi Factors, etc. If your needs are not
met by these pre-defined reports, you can customize their appearance
and also build and manage your own custom report templates.
Custom report templates can be
created and/or modified on the Templates page of the Reports window,
accessed by selecting Print then Reports or Print
Preview then Reports from the File menu.
To modify an existing custom report
template, click Load Template and select the desired template
in the window that appears.
To create a template, click
New Template. The Selected Fields area will be cleared. You
can then add fields to the template by selecting them from the Available
Fields/Parameters area. The first level items in the hierarchy identify
the type of report (e.g. Project, MIL-217, etc.). The second
level items are the tables and the third level items are the fields
within each table. Tables are a collection of fields; fields include
data entered by the user and intermediate and final calculation
results. You can select a third level item (field) and use the
>> button to add it to the template or select a second level
item (table) and use the >>> button to add all of its associated
fields to the template.
Once you have added the desired
fields, you can change the order in which they will be displayed
in the report using the Up/Down arrows. Click Save As to
save the report template. New templates are automatically added
to the Report Selection panel on the Selection page of the Reports
window for use in creating reports. In addition, their appearance
can be modified on the Customize page of the Reports window. This
page allows you to specify attributes such as justification, font,
color, chart appearance and paper size and margins for any pre-defined
or custom report template.
Should I use FMEA Hierarchy or the FMEA Worksheet in Xfmea/RCM++?
Many analysts
who have been doing Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) or
Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) are accustomed
to viewing and editing FMEA information in a tabular or spreadsheet
format. Xfmea
and RCM++ fully
support this data entry approach, including the ability to type
directly into worksheet cells, navigate from cell to cell at the
click of a button, easily add or delete records, select ratings
from built-in menus, etc. (See the
Tool Tips in Reliability HotWire Issue 70 for information
on the latest enhancements to the software's Worksheet view.)
The software
also offers the FMEA Hierarchy view, which is a simple format that
is easy to learn and use and is configurable to meet your needs.
The hierarchical view is capable of presenting a great deal of information
in a small space, making it easy to scan through the analysis to
look for a specific record, a trend, etc. Relationships among functions,
failures, effects and causes are apparent at a glance, without the
need to scroll back and forth across the screen. This view can also
make it easier to copy/paste sections from one analysis to another,
re-order descriptions, link or attach related files to sections
of the analysis, and so on.
The FMEA Hierarchy and FMEA Worksheet views are shown next as
an example of the two complementary display options offered by the
software (with sample data that is not intended to be realistic).
Of course, using
one view does not preclude using the other one. You can switch between
the views with the click of a button, so it's easy to use the view
that best suits your current task!
There are
numerous ways to configure the FMEA Hierarchy to meet your particular
display preferences. On the Hierarchies page of the User Setup,
you can choose to hide or show a variety of columns, from Record
Numbers to Cause Classifications to Risk Priority Numbers. You can
also choose whether or not to display icons in the FMEA Hierarchy
and whether the "branches" of the hierarchical tree will be expanded
by default (i.e. shows the full analysis) or collapsed (i.e.
shows only the portion of the analysis that you've selected
to show). On the Settings (2) page of the User Setup, you can select
to use colored text in the Description column of the FMEA Hierarchy
for increased ease in differentiating record types.
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