During product tree building and reliability prediction, you need to specify the following information in order to get component

data from a library:

 

RAM Commander then searches the component library for the specific generic name and retrieves the component’s reliability data required for the given prediction method.

If you do not have the Generic name and use other identifiers (Part Number, Catalog Number etc.) you have to use the Cross-Reference library to define a translation between Part Number or Catalog Number and it's corresponding Generic Name.

 

The following procedure illustrates RAM Commander’s library retrieval process using some component example:

1. User creates a new component in the product tree and provides the Part Number:

2. User opens prediction method data screen (MIL-HDBK-217 in this case) and presses the "Retrieve from library" button:

 

3. Generic Name (which serves for search in the component library) is not defined but the Part Number is defined - so RAM Commander uses the Cross-Reference library to translate the Part Number into corresponding Generic Name and then finds the corresponding record by the Generic Name in the Component Library:

4. Component data are retrieved from the component library:

5. Press Ok to close the prediction method data screen and calculate the Failure Rate: