Add a New Risk Category

Steps

Access the Risk Categories associated with a Risk Matrix.
In the Record Explorer pane, in the Risk Category heading, select .

An options menu appears.
If a Risk Category record already exists for the category you want to associate with the Risk Matrix:
1. Select Link Existing Record.
  
  The Search window appears.
2. Enter search criteria to locate the record that you want to associate with the Risk Matrix.
3. Select the record, and then select OK.
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If a Risk Category record does not already exist for the category you want to associate with the Risk Matrix:
1. Select Add New Record.
  
  A blank datasheet for the new Risk Category appears.
2. In the Category Name box, select a name from the drop-down menu.
  
  The Category Description box is populated automatically with the description that corresponds to the name value that you selected.
  
  If you select Financial for the Category Name, the Is Financial check box is automatically selected, signifying that the Risk Category will appear in the Financial tab of the Risk Matrix.
  
  Note: The values that you can select in a new Risk Category record are determined by the MI_RISK_CATEGORY System Code Table.
3. In the Category Alias box, if the Use Aliases? check box is selected in the associated Risk Matrix record, specify a value that you want to appear on the Risk Matrix in the column heading along with the consequence name.
4. In the Weight box, enter the number by which you want to multiply each selected value in the matrix.
5. In the Index box, enter the number corresponding to the order in which you want the tab to appear, relative to all other tabs defined for the same Risk Matrix.
6. Select .
  
  Your changes are saved and can be viewed in the matrix on the Risk Matrix Preview window.