About the Risk Based Inspection (RBI) 581 Data Loader

The Risk Based Inspection (RBI) 581 Data Loader allows you to implement Risk Based Inspection when you have RBI data in a legacy system, which is not supported by Meridium Enterprise APM. To import data using the Risk Based Inspection (RBI) 581 Data Loader, Meridium, Inc. provides an Excel template, RBI_581_Data_Loader.xlsx, which supports baseline Risk Based Inspection in Meridium Enterprise APM. You must export your legacy system so that the data can be used to populate the template. The data from the template will then be imported into Meridium Enterprise APM using the Risk Based Inspection (RBI) 581 Data Loader.

Note: The Excel template is referred to throughout this documentation as the data loader workbook.

The data loader workbook can be used in the following scenarios:

Create/update components
Create analyses
Loading components and risk analysis data into Meridium Enterprise APM so that you can retain visibility into the analysis details and calculations, and generate recommendations.
Calculate risk, probability and consequence of failure, and then utilize the Inspection Planning feature to mitigate the risk by the plan date.

After importing the data, the Risk Based Inspection (RBI) 581 Data Loader creates the following records in Meridium Enterprise APM:

Criticality Calculator RBI Component
RBI 581 Risk Analysis
RBI Consequence Evaluation
RBI 581 Thinning and Lining Evaluation
RBI 581 External Damage Evaluation
RBI 581 External Cracking Damage Evaluation
RBI 581 Cracking Damage Evaluation
RBI 581 HTHA Damage Evaluation
RBI 581 Brittle Fracture Damage Evaluation

You cannot, however, create RBI 581 Mechanical Fatigue Damage Evaluation records using the Risk Based Inspection (RBI) 581 Data Loader.

The data on the (Picklist) worksheet is not loaded when you load data using the Risk Based Inspection (RBI) 581 Data Loader.

Note: This data loader workbook is not backward compatible to earlier versions of Meridium Enterprise APM.

If Meridium, Inc. modifies the data model from one version to the next to enable a new feature or an enhancement to an existing feature, the data loader workbook will be modified and maintained by Meridium, Inc. between releases to accommodate the new or enhanced feature.