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How to set up an RCCA template

Standardize your RCCA documents across your company with a template. You can modify the system’s default template or create and customize your own. Sufficient rights are required.

Create the template

  • Open the template list

    In the Root Cause & Actions module, select RCCA Templates from the submenu.

    Root Cause & Actions submenu with RCCA Templates

  • Create or edit a template

    Click the green Create New icon in the upper right corner to create a new template. To modify an existing template, click its edit pencil.

    Create New icon

    Edit pencil in the template list

  • Define the template settings

    Fill in the title, the responsible person and the other settings.

    Location can be set for each template: the template then becomes the default one for that structure. Tick Protect template settings to lock the template, so that only the responsible person and the Template administrators can modify it.

    Template settings with Protect template settings ticked

Adjust the sections

  • Show, hide or make sections optional

    Choose which sections to display or hide, or set them to Optional, so that each RCCA document decides whether to use them.

    Section visibility: Yes, No or Optional

  • Rename the section titles

    Rename the titles as needed.

    Renamed problem description section

  • Add hints

    Help your team understand what a field is intended for by entering a hint.

    Hint for the investigation field

  • Require a due date

    Select the due date if a section requires one (it is optional).

    Due date setting of a section

  • Reorder the sections

    Change the order of the sections by drag and drop: the handle appears when you hover over the right side of a section.

    Drag and drop handle on the right side of a section

  • Save the template

    Click the green Save & Return icon in the upper right corner.

Use the template

  • Pick the template for a new RCCA

    When you create an RCCA document, you are prompted to select a template.

    Template selection when creating an RCCA

  • Filter documents by template

    Use the advanced filter in your document list to see the documents based on a specific template.

    Advanced filter by template in the document list

Text entered in a field of an RCCA document is kept when you switch to another template, even if that template names the field differently. If the field is not activated in the new template, its text is hidden, and it appears again once the field is activated.

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