Manage ASO Actions

About ASO Actions

After you create an Action in a Asset Strategy Optimization Analysis, you can assign a single Risk or multiple Risks to that Action. When you assign a Risk to an Action, a link is created between a System Risk Assessment record, which stores the GUID of the mitigated Risk in the Risk GUID field, and the Action. This allows the Action to mitigate the Risk. An Action may mitigate a Risk by changing certain properties, such as failure consequences or the failure distribution, of the Risk.

Actions mitigate Risks in different ways depending on the type of Action that is assigned to the Risk. The different types of Actions mitigate Risks in the following ways:

  • Preventive Maintenance Action: Can mitigate the Time to Fail (TTF) distribution of the Risk by increasing the maximum operating time of the Risk, as defined by the fields in the Distribution record that defines the TTF distribution associated with the Risk. For example, the Replace Seal Action in Scenario B of the Asset Strategy Optimization Example mitigates the Seal Failure Risk by creating more operating time by replacing the existing seals, which have a smaller amount of operating time, with new seals that have a larger amount of operating time.
  • Condition Monitor or Inspection Action: Can mitigate the consequences of failure by fixing potential failures before they occur. This allows proactive repairs, or planned corrections, to be made to the system instead of fixing a failure using an unplanned correction. Planned corrections can consume less Resources and lower the costs of a Scenario. For example, the Vibration Analysis Action in Scenario B of the Asset Strategy Optimization Example mitigates the Bearing Failure Risk by identifying a potential Bearing Failure and executing a planned correction, which requires less Resources and less Resource usage than executing an unplanned correction.
  • Special Action: Can mitigate the failure consequences of the Risk, as defined in the Fixed Unplanned Correction Cost field of the System Risk record, and the TTF distribution, as defined by the Distribution record that represents the TTF distribution associated with the Risk. For example, the occurrence of the Redesign Impeller Action in Scenario B of the Asset Strategy Optimization Example mitigates the Impeller Failure by reducing the fixed unplanned correction cost and extending the TTF distribution of the Impeller Failure Risk.

Add Actions

About This Task

Important: This procedure does not work in an Active scenario.

Procedure

  1. Access ASO.
  2. Select a scenario, and then, in the workspace, select the Actions tab.
    The Actions section appears, displaying a list of available actions.


  3. In the Actions section, select .
    The New Action grid appears.
    Note: You need to be in the node level of the analysis for the to activate.
  4. As needed, enter values in the available fields.
  5. Select .
    The action is saved.
    Note: In the Proposed scenario, a will appear in the Status column to indicate that the action has been added.

Filter Actions

Procedure

  1. Access ASO. 
  2. Select a scenario, and then, in the workspace, select the Actions tab.
    The Actions section appears, displaying a list of available actions.


  3. Select .
    In the grid, filter boxes appear.
  4. In the filter box for any column, enter search information.
    Your results appear.

Show Mitigated Risks in Actions

About This Task

Show Mitigated Risks in Actions enables the user to view the Risks being mitigated by each selected Action, without having to return to the source strategy.

Procedure

  1. Access ASO.
  2. Select a scenario, and then, in the workspace, select the Actions tab.
    The Actions section appears, displaying a list of available actions.


  3. Select the action whose mitigated risks you want to show.
    The action is highlighted.

  4. Select Show Mitigated Risk.
    The mitigated risks appear. You can select to return to the Actions section.

What To Do Next

Assign a New Risk to an Action

Procedure

  1. Access ASO.
  2. Select a scenario, and then, in the workspace, select the Actions tab.
    The Actions section appears, displaying a list of available actions.


  3. Select the action to which you want to assign a new risk.
    The action is highlighted.

  4. Select Show Mitigated Risk.
    The mitigated risks appear.
  5. Select Assign New Risk.
    The Assign New Risk grid appears.
  6. As needed, enter values in the available fields.
  7. Select .
    The new risk is saved.

Assign an Existing Risk to an Action

Procedure

  1. Access ASO.
  2. Select a scenario, and then, in the workspace, select the Actions tab.
    The Actions section appears, displaying a list of available actions.


  3. Select the action to which you want to assign an existing risk.
    The action is highlighted.

  4. Select Show Mitigated Risk.
    The mitigated risks appear.
  5. Select Assign Existing Risk.
    The Assign Existing Risk grid appears.
  6. Select the check box for each risk that you want to add.
  7. Select Submit.
    The selected risks are added.

Modify Qualitative Consequences in Actions

Procedure

  1. Access ASO.
  2. Select a scenario, and then, in the workspace, select the Actions tab.
    The Actions section appears, displaying a list of available actions.


  3. In the Actions section, in the grid select the action whose qualitative consequence you want to modify.
    The action is highlighted.


  4. Select Show Mitigated Risk.
    The mitigated risks appear.


  5. In the row for the qualitative consequence that you want to modify, select the link in the Qualitative Consequence column.
    The Qualitative Consequence subsection appears.


  6. To edit the qualitative consequence, in the subsection, select , and then modify the values in the available fields.
  7. Select .
    The qualitative consequence has been modified and saved.

Undo Actions

About This Task

Important: This procedure does not work in an Active scenario.

Procedure

  1. Access ASO.
  2. Select a scenario, and then, in the workspace, select the Actions tab.
    The Actions section appears, displaying a list of available actions.


  3. Select the action that you want to undo.
    The action is highlighted.
  4. Select .
    Your action has been returned to its previous state.

Modify Action Properties

Procedure

  1. Access ASO.
  2. Select a scenario, and then, in the workspace, select the Actions tab.
    The Actions section appears, displaying a list of available actions.


  3. In the Properties pane, select .
    Note: In the Proposed scenario, a will appear in the Status column to indicate that the action has been edited.
  4. Select .
    Your changes have been saved.

Delete Actions

About This Task

Important: This procedure does not work in an Active scenario.

Procedure

  1. Access ASO.
  2. Select a scenario, and then, in the workspace, select the Actions tab.
    The Actions section appears, displaying a list of available actions.


  3. Select the action you want to delete.
    The action is highlighted.
  4. Select .
    Note: If the node is not selected on the correct level, the button will not activate.

    A message appears, asking if you want to delete the action.

  5. Select Yes.
    A message appears, confirming that the action is deleted.
    Note: In the Proposed scenario, a will appear in the Status column to indicate that the action has been deleted.

Manage Resources in Actions

This feature enables the user to manage the Resources required to complete the risk-mitigating Actions for the scenario. The following is an example of a resource table in ASO.

Search for a Resource in Actions

Procedure

  1. Access ASO.
  2. Select a scenario, and then, in the workspace, select the Actions tab.
    The Actions section appears, displaying a list of available actions.


    Note: Actions will only appear in the grid if the attached asset strategy is not in a draft state.
  3. In the row for the action that you want to search for resources, select the link in the Resource Usage column.
    The Resource Usage subsection appears.
  4. Select .
    In the grid, filter boxes appear.
  5. In the filter box for any column, enter search information.
    Your results appear.

Add a Resource to Your Action

Before You Begin

This procedure will work in both Active and Proposed scenarios.

Procedure

  1. Access ASO.
  2. Select a scenario, and then, in the workspace, select the Actions tab.
    The Actions section appears, displaying a list of available actions.


  3. In the row for the action to which you want to add resources, select the link in the Resource Usage column.
    The Resource Usage subsection appears.
  4. In the Resource Usage subsection, select .
    The Add New Resource Usage datasheet appears.
  5. As needed, enter values in the appropriate fields. When finished, select .
    The new resource is added to the action.

Add an Existing Resource in Actions

Procedure

  1. Access ASO.
  2. Select a scenario, and then, in the workspace, select the Actions tab.
    The Actions section appears, displaying a list of available actions.


  3. In the row for the action to which you want to add resources, select the link in the Resource Usage column.
    The Resource Usage subsection appears.
  4. Select .
    The New Resource Usage from Existing Resources window appears.
  5. Enter values in the available fields, and then select Finish.
    Your new action appears in the Resource Usage subsection.

Modify Resources in Actions

Procedure

  1. Access ASO.
  2. Select a scenario, and then, in the workspace, select the Actions tab.
    The Actions section appears, displaying a list of available actions.

  3. In the row for the action whose resources you want to modify, select the link in the Resource Usage column.
    The Resource Usage subsection appears.
  4. Select the resource that you would like to modify.
    The resource is highlighted.
  5. Select .
    The Edit Resource Usage subsection appears.
  6. As needed, modify the values in the available fields, and then select .
    A message appears, confirming that the resource has been modified.

Delete a Resource in Actions

Procedure

  1. Access ASO.
  2. Select a scenario, and then, in the workspace, select the Actions tab.
    The Actions section appears, displaying a list of available actions.


  3. In the row for the action from which you want to delete a resource, select the link in the Resource Usage column.
    The Resource Usage subsection appears.
  4. Select the resource that you want to delete.
    The resource is highlighted.
  5. Select .
    A message appears, asking you to confirm that you want to delete the resource.
  6. Select OK.
    A message appears, confirming that the resource has been deleted.