Compliance Configuration

About Compliance Strategy Templates

Compliance Strategy Templates help you manage your assets and generate recommendations based on a selected policy.

Creating a Compliance Strategy Template lays the groundwork for creating a cohesive and compliant Inspection Plan for linked assets. When an MI Compliance Administrator creates a Compliance Strategy template, they must choose a policy to link to the template that will enable recommendation generation when the Inspection Plan creation is initiated. After the policy is selected, the MI Compliance Administrator then links assets to the Compliance Strategy Template. At this point, Inspection Plans can be created by the MI Compliance Analyst or the MI Compliance Approver.

When the Inspection Plan creation is initiated, the policy selected in the Compliance Strategy Template is executed against the assets that are linked to the template. Then, Inspection Plans are created, and recommendations are generated according to the guidelines specified in the policy. When an asset is linked to multiple Compliance Strategy Templates, the policy for each template executes, and the recommendations are linked to the Inspection Plan of that asset.

Access the Administrative Features of Compliance Management

By accessing the administrative features of Compliance Management, you can create Compliance Strategy Templates, which enables you to create Inspection Plans.

Procedure

  1. In the module navigation menu, select Admin > Application Settings > Inspection Management.
  2. Select Compliance Configuration.
    The Compliance Configuration workspace appears.

Access a Compliance Strategy Template

Procedure

  1. Access the administrative features of Compliance Management.
  2. In the Compliance Templates section, select the name of the Compliance Strategy Template that you want to access.
    The Compliance Strategy Template datasheet appears, displaying the Template Details section.

Create a Compliance Strategy Template

Procedure

  1. Access the Compliance Strategies workspace.
  2. In the Compliance Templates section, select .
    The Compliance Strategy Template datasheet appears, displaying the Template Details section.
  3. In the datasheet, enter values in the available fields.
    Note:
    • In the Compliance Category Name drop-down, you can add a new Compliance Category by entering a name in the Add Caption field.
    • When you select a policy to link to the Compliance Strategy Template, you must select a policy that has the same family as the Compliance Strategy Template.
    • You can select the Policy Link field to navigate to the Policy Designer to view or modify the selected policy.
  4. Select Save.
    The Compliance Strategy Template is saved.

Delete a Compliance Strategy Template

Procedure

  1. Access the administrative features of Compliance Management.
  2. In the Compliance Templates section, next to the name of the Compliance Strategy Template that you want to delete, select the check box.
  3. Select .
    A window appears, asking you to confirm that you want to delete the Compliance Strategy Template.
  4. Select Yes.
    The Compliance Strategy Template is deleted.

Add Assets to a Compliance Strategy Template

Procedure

  1. Access the Compliance Strategy Template to which you want to add assets.
  2. Select the Assets tab.
    The Assets section appears, displaying a list of assets associated with the selected Compliance Strategy Template.
  3. In the Assets section, select .
  4. In the drop-down list box, select an option:
    Add an AssetActions
    Via Finder
    1. In the Hierarchy Finder window, navigate to the asset that you want to add.
    2. Next to each asset that you want to add to the Compliance Strategy Template, select the .

      The selected assets appear in the Hierarchy Finder window.

    3. Select OK.
    Via Query
    1. In the Add Assets to <Asset ID> window, next to each query that you want to use to search for assets to add to the Compliance Strategy Template, select the check box, and then select Next.
      Note:
      • After you select the first query and assets, the query that you selected is stored in the Asset Lookup Query field of the Compliance Strategy Template record. Subsequent uses of the Add Asset via Query tool will use the previously selected query by default. Additionally, the results of this query are used in the Assets without Templates section of the Compliance Management Overview page. To use a different query in the Add Asset via Query tool, select Previous, and then select a query from the catalog.
      • When you use a query to select assets, one of the output fields of the query must be the entity key for an asset. The field in the query must be named ASSET_ENTY_KEY.
      • If you have already added assets to the Compliance Strategy Template, you can filter the query results using a WHERE parameter; the entity key of the template must be TEMP_ENTY_KEY.

      The Select Assets section appears, displaying the results of the query that you selected.

    2. In the Select Assets section, next to each asset that you want to add, select the check box.
    3. Select Finish.
    The selected assets appear in the Assets section.
    Important:
    • When you select assets to add, you must select assets that are in the same family as the defined asset family for the template. Additionally, you cannot add the same asset more than once.
    • When you are adding assets to the Compliance Strategy Template, the assets listed in the Hierarchy Finder and the queries listed are site filtered.
    Tip: If one or more assets cannot be added to the Compliance Strategy Template, an error message will appear. You can select the error to view a list of assets that were not successfully added to the template.

Delete Assets from a Compliance Strategy Template

Procedure

  1. Access the Compliance Strategy Template from which you want to delete assets.
  2. Select the Assets tab.
    The Assets section appears, displaying a list of assets associated with the Compliance Strategy Template.
  3. Next to each asset that you want to delete, select the check box.
  4. Select .
    A window appears, asking you to confirm that you want to delete the asset.
  5. Select Yes.
    The asset is deleted from the Compliance Strategy Template.

Map a Policy to a Compliance Strategy Template

Before You Begin

You must have an existing Compliance Strategy Template that has a linked policy.

Procedure

  1. Access the Compliance Strategy Template to which you want to map a policy.
  2. Select the Policy Mapping tab.
    The Policy Mapping section appears, displaying a list of families and policy nodes.
  3. Next to the family that you want to modify, in the Policy Node box, enter the name of the policy node that you want to map to the family.
    Note: The policy node that you map to the family should be an entity node that is part of the policy that you linked to the Compliance Strategy Template.
  4. Select .
    The policy mapping is saved.

Example: Compliance Strategy Template and Inspection Plan

API 570 Compliance Strategy Template and Inspection Plans

In this example, the Compliance Strategy Template is inspired by the inspection requirements for API 570. The following policy is used as the framework for recommendation generation:

This policy starts by examining the taxonomy of an asset that is linked to the Compliance Strategy Template. After determining the taxonomy of the asset aligns with the expected taxonomy, Technical Characteristics are examined and filtered accordingly. When the Technical Characteristics are identified, the output nodes in the policy generate recommendations according to the Compliance Strategy records that the user created during deployment.

In this specific example, if the taxonomy of the asset is a fixed asset and a process pipe, a query is run against the Technical Characteristic of the equipment. The query in this scenario is identifying the piping class of the equipment. Depending on the returned value of the Technical Characteristic, the mappings of the output node vary. If the value of the Technical Characteristic with the name of Piping Class is 1, the External Strategy and UT Strategy (Ultrasonic Thickness) output nodes return the CompStratPRO1 and CompStratPRO4 records respectively, both of which are Compliance Strategy records that have fields defined that will be mapped to the resulting Compliance Recommendations.

The asset for which the Inspection Plan is created is a fixed asset and a process pipe in this case, and the following Inspection Plan is created.

The Compliance Strategy records populate the Inspection Plan with Compliance Recommendations. CompStratPro1 and CompStratPro4 both return Compliance Recommendations that designate Task Types. If the Inspection Plan has fitting recommendations and the Compliance Strategy Template is not modified, the MI Compliance Approver can move the Inspection Plan to the Approved state and link Inspection Tasks to the Inspection Plan. The task that the MI Compliance Approver linked to this Inspection Plan is passed to the Inspection Management module, unless an MI Compliance Analyst or MI Compliance Approver elects to modify the Inspection Plan further.