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alias: user-guide-quality-efc-page
description: "Access a visual catalogue of failures linked to loss reasons and associated multimedia data"
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# Electronic Failure Catalogue

:lock: Quality.**ElectronicFailureCatalogue**

The **Electronic Failure Catalogue** page provides access to a collection of visual images generated automatically in the system based on information from **Multimedia** objects of scope Loss and the associations between **Multimedia** objects and Loss **Reasons**. This information is used to create a visual structured catalogue, which is also used when recording **Material** losses.

You can interact with the viewer panel by selecting the desired category on the left-hand panel and drill down through the **Facility**, **Area**, **Step** and **Reason** tree. From there, each sub-category will have a subset of associated images that can be seen in the center panel, and information will be displayed on the right-hand panel.
The default view is a thumbnail view but you can view a single image on-screen by switching the view type on the top-left corner of the central panel. From here, you can:

* See detailed information on the image in the right-hand panel.
* Drag the image by selecting it and dragging it to the center panel.
* Zoom in and out using the bottom slider or the mouse wheel (if available).
* Move to the previous image.
* Move to the next image.
* Navigate to the entities that compose the context of the image, when available:
    * **Facility**
    * **Area**
    * **Step**
    * **Reason**
    * **Multimedia**

![efc_list][efc_list]

## Create Electronic Failure Catalogue

1. In the **Administration** menu, [Create Multimedia](../administration/multimedia/create_multimedia.md) by selecting **New** on the top ribbon:

    ![efc_multimedia1][efc_multimedia1]

2. Provide the necessary information, select Loss for the **Scope** and attach an image:  

    ![efc_multimedia2][efc_multimedia2]

3. Go to **Reason** in the **Business Data** menu and associate the image:

    ![efc_multimedia3][efc_multimedia3]

    ![efc_multimedia4][efc_multimedia4]

4. If you want to use this **Reason** in a **Step** you need to associate it to the **Step**. For more information, see [Manage Reasons](../business-data/step/manage_reasons.md).
  
5. Go to the **Quality** menu, and the **Electronic Failure Catalogue** is automatically updated with the new **Reason**:

    ![efc_multimedia5][efc_multimedia5]

[efc_list]: images/efc_list.png
[efc_multimedia1]: images/efc_multimedia1.png
[efc_multimedia2]: images/efc_multimedia2.png
[efc_multimedia3]: images/efc_multimedia3.png
[efc_multimedia4]: images/efc_multimedia4.png
[efc_multimedia5]: images/efc_multimedia5.png