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Create an Initiating Event

Before You Begin

• For the Initiating Event that you want to create, you must create a system code in the INIT_EVENT System Code Table. The System Code Table populates the Initiating Event ID box. When you create the Initiating Event, in the Initiating Event ID box, you must select the value that you entered in the System Code Table.

Steps

1. Access the LOPA Admin page.

2. In the left pane, select Initiating Events.

   A list of available Initiating Events appears.

   

3. In the upper-left corner of the workspace, select .

   A blank datasheet for Initiating Event appears.

   

4. As needed, enter values in the available fields.

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

   The Initiating Event record is created.

Results

• On the LOPA datasheet, the Initiating Event that you created appears in the list of values in the Initiating Event Type box.
• On the Hazards Analysis Cause datasheet, the Initiating Event that you created appears in the list of values in the CCPS Cause Type box.

Related Information

• Overview of Application Settings
• Overview of the Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA) Module
• LOPA Workflow
• About LOPA
• Reference Information: LOPA

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