Setting Up for Work Order Failure Tracking and Analysis
This section discusses how to set up failure severity codes and set up failure impact codes.
Page Name |
Definition Name |
Usage |
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WM_FAILURE_SEVRTY |
Set up failure severity codes for work order failure tracking and analysis. |
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WM_FAILURE_IMPACT |
Set up failure impact codes for work order failure tracking and analysis. |
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Failure Impact Notes Page |
WM_WO_FAILIMPC_SEC |
Add notes about the impact of this failure on the organization. |
Failure Causal Parts Page |
WM_WO_FAILCAUS_SEC |
Add comments about the selected causal part, such as the part has corroded. |
Use the Failure Severity page (WM_FAILURE_SEVRTY) to set up failure severity codes for work order failure tracking and analysis.
Navigation:
Set Up Financials/Supply Chain, Product Related, Maintenance Management, Set Up, Failure Severity, Failure Severity page.
This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Failure Severity page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Field or Control |
Description |
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SetID and Failure Severity |
Select a SetID and enter a code, which can contain up to five characters, that best represents a level of the severity of an asset failure to your organization on the Add a New Value page. For example, you can set up code values of: 0 (none) 1 (minor), 2 (low), 3 (medium), 4 (high), and 5 (critical). |
Description and Short Description |
Enter a meaningful long and short description of this failure severity code such as Critical, High, Medium. These are both required fields. |
Use the Failure Impact page (WM_FAILURE_IMPACT) to set up failure impact codes for work order failure tracking and analysis.
Navigation:
Set Up Financials/Supply Chain, Product Related, Maintenance Management, Set Up, Failure Impact, Failure Impact page.
This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Failure Impact page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Field or Control |
Description |
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SetID and Failure Impact |
Select a SetID and enter an identifiable code to define a circumstance or requirement that can be impacted by a failure event on the Failure Impact Codes - Add a New Value page. For example ENV to represent Environment or ASST to represent Asset Lifecycle. |
Description and Short Description |
Enter a long and a short meaningful description of the entered failure impact code such as Environmental impact. If you choose to define a failure impact code, these are both required fields. Note: You can assign more than one failure impact code to a failure event on the Work Order Failure Tracking page. However, failure impact codes are not required to complete the Work Order Failure Tracking page. |