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title: Create a failure mode from a functional location
description: Create a failure mode from a functional location in the Digital Factory Workspace to help identify and organize equipment or process issues.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/industrial-connected-workforce/digital-factory-workspace/create-failure-mode.html
release: australia
product: Digital Factory Workspace
classification: digital-factory-workspace
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Industrial Failure Modes, Use, Digital Factory Workspace, Industrial Connected Workforce]
---

# Create a failure mode from a functional location

Create a failure mode from a functional location in the Digital Factory Workspace to help identify and organize equipment or process issues.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_icw.admin

## About this task

You can create failure modes from a functional location or an equipment entity. The following procedure describes creation from a functional location.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **Equipment model**.

2.  From the tree, select the location that you want to associate with the failure mode.

3.  Select **Failure Modes** then **New failure mode**.

4.  On the Failure mode form, fill in the fields.

    For a description of the field values, see [Failure mode form](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/industrial-connected-workforce/digital-factory-workspace/failure-mode-form.md).

5.  Select **Save**.


## Result

The failure mode is displayed in the list of failure modes for the functional location or equipment and all inherited items.

**Parent Topic:**[Industrial Failure Modes](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/industrial-connected-workforce/digital-factory-workspace/industrial-failure-modes.md)