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Glossary

The assistant that answers service questions from your organisation’s sources, with the evidence behind every statement.

A set of targeted questions to experts, to secure knowledge that exists only in their heads. See Knowledge capture.

A part of a machine model, such as a pump, sensor or controller. A component can be marked safety-critical.

Two knowledge items or documents that say different things about the same thing, such as two ranges for one measurement. See Contradictions.

A question passed to an expert, by the technician or automatically by a safety rule.

The document page or service case a statement of an answer rests on.

One machine at a customer, identified by its serial number, with its model, revision and history.

How complete, verified and current the knowledge base is, measured over time.

A report that an answer was wrong, outdated, for the wrong machine or unsafe, traced back to the knowledge behind it.

The smallest unit of knowledge: one error code, symptom, cause, measurement, procedure, resolution and so on, tied to the machine models it applies to.

The check of the knowledge base for gaps and problems before technicians rely on it.

A type of machine you build, such as MX420, with its revisions.

A change made to one installed asset that differs from its model, such as a retrofitted part.

A version of a machine model. Knowledge can apply to all revisions or only to some.

A danger, warning, caution or notice in a procedure, shown word for word.

A notice from the manufacturer about a known problem and its fix, for certain models, revisions or serial ranges.

One service job from the first report to the fix, with measurements, findings and outcome.

Your organisation’s terms with their other names and abbreviations, so that “GLRD”, “Wellendichtung” and “Gleitringdichtung” find the same knowledge. See Teach ServLore your terms.