Using the Add/Edit a Field Wizard
The
Add a Field Wizard provides for inserting a
FMEA field in the
FMEA Design file and specifying properties that are then saved to the Project’s
Data Definition file. The
Edit a Field Wizard provides for making changes to the properties for a selected field and saving them to the
Data Definition file. The use of these wizards saves you from having to open and make changes in both singular support files, which are described in
FMEA Design Files and
Data Definition Files.
• You can start the Add a Field Wizard from only the few places where you can insert fields in the FMEA Design file. To start this wizard, you can use any one of the following methods:
◦ From the FMEA Design file, select Edit Add Field.
◦ From the FMEA Worksheet table, right-click and select Format Builder. In the Format Builder, click Add Field.
◦ From the Table Format file for the FMEA Worksheet table, right-click and select Add Field or select Edit Add Field. Alternately, if you click < Click here to insert a new record>bin the last table row, you can click Add Field when the Add Table Format Record window opens.
After a field has been added to the FMEA Design file, you can insert it in the FMEA Worksheet table using either the Format Builder or its Table Format file.
• You can start the Edit a Field Wizard from many different places, including the Format Builder, by clicking the Edit Field button. Alternately, when a Table Format file is open, you can select > .
When the Add a Field Wizard starts, it initially displays the Select Field page. For Data field, the only fields available are those not yet inserted in the FMEA Design file. This wizard then displays the same pages for specifying field properties as the Edit a Field Wizard displays. Because the Edit a Field Wizard assumes that the properties to modify are for the field selected when it was started, no field selection page is shown.
To complete the wizard, do the following:
1. If you are editing a selected field, when the Edit a Field Wizard starts, go to step 2, if the FMEA Data Level page appears or if the User Prompt page appears, go to step 3.
If you are inserting a field in the FMEA Design file, when the Add a Field Wizard starts, do the following to complete the initial Select Field page:
a. Select the field that you want to insert. Only the fields that are not already in the FMEA Design file are available for selection.
b. Click Next. The FMEA Data Level page appears for the field if you can specify its data level. If the data level is predefined, such as for Failure Mode, the User Prompt page appears instead. Go to step 3.
2. On the FMEA Data Level page, do the following:
a. Select the level at which you want to display the field. The data levels available for selection depend on the hierarchical structure that is selected for your FMEAs. The data level that you select for this field is saved to the FMEA Design file.
When this page is shown by the Edit a Field Wizard, a note indicates that changing the data level for a field that already contains data results in data loss. When this page is shown by the Add a Field Wizard, this note is not present because the field to insert does not yet contain any data.
b. Click Next. The User Prompt page appears. Changes that you make on this page and any subsequent pages are saved to the Data Definition file.
3. Specify any changes to the prompt and click Next.
The pages that immediately follow depend on the type of field selected. Not all pages are shown for all field types. After you complete a page, you click Next.
◦ The Precision page appears for numeric and date fields. If this page appears, set the level of precision for the field using the control provided for the field type.
◦ The
List Options page appears for text and memo fields as well as special fields assigned to predefined lists. If this page appears, making a selection for
List attaches a list to the field. The two other fields on this page then become available. For
Choices order, you specify whether you want to order list items alphabetically or in entry order. For
Choices text, you specify whether you want to display the text or code for list items. Select
Allow Free text entry, to make free text entry in fields, without adding the new entry to the
List Choice file. For more information, see
Field Definition Pane.
◦ The
Memo Field Type page appears only for memo fields that do not have lists attached. If this page appears, leaving
Memo field type blank results in whatever text that is entered in this field displaying normally. If you select
Use field as hyperlink, the text that is entered for this field displays as a clickable link for opening either a web page in your default browser or a file in the application with which the file is associated. For more information, see
Setting Up a Memo Field as a Hyperlink.
◦ The Default Value page appears for numeric, text, memo, yes/no, and date fields. If this page appears, indicate the value to enter when a new record is inserted using the control provided for its field type.
◦ The Tooltip page appears for all field types.
4. On the Tooltip page, indicate the text to display when the mouse cursor is placed over the field and click Next.
The Shared Field page appears if the selected field is a Problems field. Otherwise, the Wizard Complete page appears. Go to step 6.
5. If the Shared Field page appears, do the following:
a. Select or clear the checkbox to indicate whether the field is shared. When a field is shared, the value entered for the problem is saved to all records associated with the problem. For more information, see
Problems.
b. Click Next. The Wizard Complete page appears.
6. On the Wizard Complete page, click Finish.