Failure codes are specified on asset records and on location
records. Failure codes are linked in parent-child relationships to
form a failure hierarchy.
Failure hierarchies
A failure hierarchy is a set of data on the problems, the
causes, and the remedies for asset failures and for operating location
failures. A failure hierarchy is identified by its failure class.
A failure hierarchy resembles other hierarchies. There is a top-level
category with one or more levels of failure codes below it. Each failure
code can have one or more child failure codes.
Failure analysis
After you have built failure hierarchies, you can record,
report and analyze asset and location failures.