RCA Hypothesis Records

RCA Hypothesis records store basic information about root cause of a failure event. The following table provides an alphabetical list and description of the fields that exist for the RCA Hypothesis family and appear by default on the RCA Hypothesis datasheet. The information in the table reflects the baseline state and behavior of these fields. This list is not comprehensive.

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Field Caption	Data Type	Description	Behavior and Usage
Confidence Factor	Character	A value that indicates the probability that the hypothesis is true.	You can choose from the following values: Not True (0) Somewhat true (1) Possibly True (2) Likely (3) Highly Likely (4) True (5) If you select a value in this field, the value that you select will appear in brackets to the right of the hypothesis name in the Logic Tree.
Description	Text	A detailed description of the hypothesis.	You can define this value manually when you create the RCA Hypothesis.
ID	Character	The ID for the Hypothesis.	This field is automatically populated and is disabled.
Label	Character	A description of the hypothesis as you want it to appear on the Logic Tree.	You can define this value manually when you create the RCA Hypothesis.
State	Character	The state of the Hypothesis node.	You can choose from the following states: Hypothesis Hypothesis True Hypothesis Not True Cause Human Cause Latent Cause Physical This field is set to Hypothesis by default.