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Configure Family Preferences

Before You Begin

By default, Thickness Monitoring is configured to use Equipment family as the foundational source of records to which other records, such as Asset Corrosion Analyses and TML Groups, will be linked. Most commonly, if you are making changes to the Family Preferences, it is to implement the Functional Location family as the foundational source of records. When Functional Locations are correctly configured, Asset View is enabled in Thickness Monitoring.

This procedure assumes you want to configure the Functional Location family. Before you complete these steps, the Functional Location family should be configured as a Predecessor to the following Relationship Families:

• Has Corrosion Analyses
• Has Corrosion Analysis Settings
• Has TML Group
• Has TML

Steps

1. Access the TM Admin Preferences page, and then select Family Preferences in the left pane.

   The Family Preferences workspace appears.

   

2. In the upper-right corner of the workspace, select .

   The boxes in the Family Preferences workspace are enabled. is replaced with .

3. In the box at the top of the workspace, select the family you want to configure. By default, the available options are Equipment, Functional Location, and TML Group.

   The Asset to Subcomponent Relationship, Subcomponent to Asset Relationship, and Component ID Field boxes appear.

   

4. If you want to configure Thickness Monitoring to use Functional Locations, in the box at the top of the workspace, select Functional Location.
5. In the Asset to Subcomponent Relationship and Subcomponent to Asset Relationship boxes, select Has TML Group.
6. In the Component ID Field box, select Functional Location.

7. In the upper-right corner of the workspace, select .

   The setting is saved, along with any other changes you have made to the preferences in the Global Preferences workspace.

Results

• is enabled on the Thickness Monitoring Overview workspace.
• TML Groups and TMLs can now be linked directly to a Functional Location. When you first select a Functional Location and select , you will be automatically directed to create Corrosion Analysis Settings for that Functional Location.

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