What If Records

What If records store details about the hypothetical condition that may occur during process and lead to a risk. This topic provides an alphabetical list and description of the fields that exist for the What If family. These fields appear on the What If datasheet, unless otherwise specified. The information in this table reflects the baseline state and behavior of these fields.

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Field

Data Type

Description

Behavior and Usage

Sequence Number

Number

A numeric value that represents the position in which the What If appears in the hierarchical view of the components of the System/Node, relative to the other What Ifs that are linked to the same System/Node.

This field does not appear on the datasheet by default. This field is used to populate the What If Number field.

What If Description

Text

A detailed description of the specific event or condition within a scenario that deviates from the normal behavior of that process and directly leads to a risk.

None

What If ID Character A brief description of the event or condition within the scenario that deviates from the normal behavior of the process. This value appears in the What If ID field in the hierarchical view of the components of the System/Node. This field is required.
What If Number Character A set of numeric values, separated by a decimal point, which represents the location in which the What If appears in the hierarchical view of the components in the System/Node.

This field is disabled and populated with a set of numeric values.

  • The first number is the value that exists in the System/Node Number field in the System/Node to which the What If is linked.
  • The second number is the value that exists in the Sequence Number field in the What If.

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