Event Timeline

About the Event Timeline

In Root Cause Analysis, a Failure Event is often the result of a sequence of contributing events. The Event Timeline is an organizational tool that enables RCA Team Members to collate and display Event data in a form that provides a visual representation of the timeline in which a sequence of contributing events have played out.

Once you have added a primary Event to the Event Timeline, you can add Secondary Events to create a more detailed representation of events associated with the failure.

Access the Event Timeline

Procedure

  1. Access the Root Cause Analysis for which you want to view the Event Timeline.
  2. In the pane, select the Event Timeline tab.

    The Event Timeline for the selected RCA appears in the workspace.

    Tip: Select to display the diagram in full screen.
    Note: If you access the Event Timeline tab for the first time, the RCA Event datasheet will appear in the workspace. In this datasheet, you can define an RCA Failure Event. If you previously accessed the Event Timeline tab and defined a Failure Event, you will see the Event node in the main display area.


    Tip: To scroll or to view a specific portion of the Event Timeline, click in the year-denoted bar under the timeline and adjust the selection to match what you want to view.

What To Do Next

Add an Event to the Event Timeline.

Add an Event to the Event Timeline

Procedure

  1. Access the Event Timeline.
  2. Select .
    A blank Event Datasheet appears.

  3. In the Event Datasheet, enter values in the available fields.
  4. Select .
    The secondary event is saved and appears in the Event Timeline.

What To Do Next

Export the Event Timeline.

Modify an Event in the Event Timeline

Procedure

  1. Access the Event Timeline.
  2. In the Event Timeline, select the event that you want to modify.
    The Event Datasheet for the selected event appears.
  3. In the Event Datasheet, modify the available fields.
  4. Select .
    The event is modified and appears in the Event Timeline.

Export the Event Timeline

Procedure

  1. Access the Event Timeline.
  2. Select .
    The Event Timeline appears in a new page, and a window appears displaying printing options.

Delete an Event from the Event Timeline

Before You Begin

You cannot delete the primary event in the Event Timeline.

Procedure

  1. Access the Event Timeline.
  2. In the Event Timeline, select the event that you want to delete.
    The Event Datasheet for the selected event appears below the timeline.
  3. In the heading of the Event Timeline section, select .
    A message appears, asking you to confirm that you want to delete the secondary event.
  4. Select Yes.
    The secondary event is deleted.