Criticality Definitions

About Criticality Definitions

Criticality Definitions determine the assessment mechanism used in a Criticality Assessment and its characteristics. Additional configurations can be managed to support the desired Criticality Assessment method.

Modify or Configure a new Criticality Definition

About This Task

A default Criticality Definition is provided with the baseline product, additional Criticality Definition records can be added per Site as required.
  1. Create a Criticality Definition
  2. Modify a Criticality Definition
  3. Delete a Criticality Definition
  4. Associate a Criticality Definition with a Site

Create a Criticality Definition

Procedure

  1. Access the ACA Admin page.
  2. Select .
    The Record Manager page appears, displaying a Criticality Definition datasheet.
  3. As needed, enter values in the available fields.
  4. Select .
    The Criticality Definition record is created and appears in the Manage Criticality Definitions section.

Modify a Criticality Definition

Procedure

  1. Access the ACA Admin page.
  2. Select the Criticality Definition that you want to modify.
    The Record Manager page appears, displaying a Criticality Definition datasheet.
  3. As needed, modify the values in the available fields.
  4. Select .
    The Criticality Definition is modified.

Delete a Criticality Definition

Procedure

  1. Access the ACA Admin page.
  2. Select the Criticality Definition that you want to delete, and then select .
    The Confirm Delete window appears.
  3. Select Yes.
    The Criticality Definition is deleted.

Associate a Criticality Definition with a Site

Procedure

  1. Access the Criticality Definition record that you want to associate with a site.
  2. In the Record Explorer pane, in the Related Families, select Site Reference.
    Note: If Site Reference does not appear, select , and then select All Possible Families.
  3. Select , and then select Link Existing Records.
    The Search window appears, displaying a list of entities of the family.
  4. In the drop-down list boxes, select the required options to filter the entities from the list.
    -or-

    In the text box, enter the name of the family or entity that you want to search, and then select .

  5. Select the record that you want to link, and then select OK.
    The records are linked.
    Note:
    • If the Use Checklist check box is not selected, a Risk Matrix will be used for Criticality Assessment for Analyses in the related Site.
    • If the Use Checklist check box is selected, a Checklist will be used for Criticality Assessment for Analyses in the related Site, and the checklist family to be used must be selected. The MI_CRIT_CHKLST family is provided with baseline, additional subfamilies can be created to support configuring different checklists per Site.

    For more information, refer to Criticality Definition Records

Configure Criticality Thresholds

About This Task

Criticality Thresholds represents the categories (High, Medium and Low) that are displayed once Criticality has been assessed. The numerical Criticality value resulting from either a Risk Matrix or Checklist assessment falls within the range of one of the Criticality Thresholds defined. Based on this, the resulting category is displayed.

Criticality Thresholds are provided with the baseline product. These can be modified, or additional Criticality Definition records can be configured per Criticality Definition as required. Each Criticality Threshold has a Description, Value, and Color. The criticality value represents the lowest value in the range for the threshold. For more information, refer to Criticality Threshold Records.

Procedure

  1. Access the Criticality Definition record that you want to modify.
  2. In the Record Explorer pane, in the Related Families, select Criticality Threshold.
    Note: If Criticality Threshold does not appear, select , and then select All Possible Families.
  3. Select , and then select Add New Record.
    The Record Manager page appears, displaying a Criticality Threshold datasheet.
  4. As needed, enter values in the available fields.
  5. Select .
    The Criticality Threshold gets added.

Configure Criticality Checklists

About This Task

Criticality Checklists are the records that are used to assess Criticality for an asset. This method can be used if the Use Checklist check box is enabled for a Criticality Definition record. You must configure the fields, behaviors and the datasheet for the Criticality Checklist family to utilize the Criticality Checklist assessment method.

Fields are provided with the baseline product; these fields can be modified, or additional fields can be configured per Criticality Checklist as required. For more information, refer to Criticality Checklist Records.
  1. Configure Criticality Checklist Family Fields
  2. Configure Criticality Checklist Family Datasheet

Configure Criticality Checklist Family Fields

Procedure

  1. In the module navigation menu, select Admin > Configuration Manager > Family Management.
    The Family Management page appears, displaying the list of already existing families. Home is selected by default.
  2. In the pane, in the Entity section, access the Criticality Checklist family that you want to modify.
    The Criticality Checklist datasheet appears.
  3. In the workspace, select the Fields tab.
    A list of existing fields appears.
  4. Add, modify or delete the family fields as required.

Configure Criticality Checklist Family Datasheet

Procedure

  1. In the module navigation menu, select Admin > Configuration Manager > Family Management.
    The Family Management page appears, displaying the list of already existing families. Home is selected by default.
  2. In the pane, in the Entity section, access the Criticality Checklist family that you want to modify.
    The Criticality Checklist datasheet appears.
  3. In the workspace, select the Datasheets tab.
  4. Add, modify or delete the family Datasheets as required.

Configure Family Policy

Procedure

  1. In the module navigation menu, select Admin > Configuration Manager > Family Management.
    The Family Management page appears, displaying the list of already existing families. Home is selected by default.
  2. In the pane, in the Entity section, access Criticality Checklist.
    The Criticality Checklist datasheet appears.
  3. In the workspace, select the Rules and Policies tab.
  4. Select Edit corresponding to the Before Insert option.
    The Design workspace appears.
    Note: The Before Insert Family Policy is used to calculate the criticality value that will be saved to Criticality Family that gets translated to Criticality Threshold.
  5. Select Save.
    A Family Policy is configured.

Configure Criticality Mappings

Criticality mapping in ACA can optionally be configured if you are using SAP Criticality Assessment Interface.

About This Task

In SAP systems, each Equipment and Functional Location contains a criticality indicator value. If you have a SAP system and your ACA Analyses include Equipment and Functional Location records that were created from SAP (using the SAP interfaces), when you assess criticality in ACA, you can also update the corresponding criticality indicator values in SAP with the ACA values.

To enable this functionality, you must first create Criticality Mapping records, which identify the criticality indicator values in your SAP system (e.g., A, B, C). You will need to link each Criticality Mapping record to the Criticality Threshold record that represents the APM criticality value that should be mapped to the SAP criticality indicator values (e.g., High, Medium, Low). If you are using multiple SAP Systems, you can link one Criticality Mapping record for each system to the same Criticality Threshold record.

To create a Criticality Mapping record and link it to a Criticality Threshold record:

Procedure

  1. Access the Criticality Definition datasheet of the record that is used by your ACA Analyses.
  2. In the Record Explorer pane, expand the Criticality Threshold node.
  3. Expand the node of the Criticality Threshold record for which you want to map criticality values (i.e., High, Low, Medium, or Very High).
  4. Right-click the Criticality Mapping family node, and then select Create a New Criticality Mapping to link to <Criticality Threshold record>.
    A new Criticality Mapping record appears.
  5. In the CMMS ID list, select the SAP system to which you want to transfer criticality values. This list displays the value in the System ID field for each SAP System record in APM.
  6. In the Indicator list, select the SAP criticality indicator value to which you want to map the criticality threshold that is represented by the criticality threshold record to which this Criticality Mapping record is linked.
    The list displays the criticality indicator values in the SAP system that you selected.
  7. Select OK.
  8. Repeat steps 3 through 7 for each Criticality Threshold record defined for your Criticality Definition.
  9. Select Save.
    The new Criticality Mapping record is linked to the selected Criticality Threshold record.