Properties on the Data Tab (Variable Charts
only)
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Property
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Description
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Values
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Data Browser
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The source data for the chart.
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Configure
DataSource button – opens the Data Source Browser.
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Data Columns
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A list of the data items to be shown on the
chart. These items are selected in the Data Browser. The color
assigned to each item is also shown. Double-click the data column
name to change it.
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Color – click
the color button (beside the column name) and select any color from
the color palette.
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SubGroupId Column
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The data column to assign as a subgroup for
the chart.
NOTE: When you select
a category, the value is automatically removed from the Data
Columns list.
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Data columns as specified in the Data
Browser.
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Subgroup Size
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The size of the subgroup.
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Values vary according to chart type.
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Bad Data Options:
Quality Column
NOTE: Not available
for VisualSPC data sources (bad data filtering is set
automatically)
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Allows you to set a filter on the quality
column for data sources that supply a quality column. Set the
operator and value according to the bad data value in the
column.
Use the Quality Column in conjunction with
the Bad Data Rule list box to filter out data.
NOTE: Bad data
filtering is never applied to a null value in the quality column;
i.e., regardless of the type of bad data rule that is set, a null
value in the quality column is always treated as `good' data
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Column –
available columns (dependent on data source).
Operator –
mathematical operators (=, <>, >, >=, <, <=).
Value – any
ASCII characters (value type is text).
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Bad Data Options:
Data Column
Value
NOTE: Not available
for VisualSPC data sources (bad data filtering is set
automatically)
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Allows you to set a filter on the chart's
data column. Use in conjunction with the Bad Data Rule list box to
filter out data.
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Operator –
mathematical operators (=, <>, >, >=, <, <=).
Value – any
number (value type is numeric).
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Bad Data Options:
Bad Data Rule
NOTE: Not available
for VisualSPC data sources (bad data filtering is set
automatically)
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The bad data rule to apply to filter
criteria (as set for the chart's data column).
NOTE: `Exclude Sample'
is the only bad data option available for attribute charts.
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NONE – do not
apply a bad data rule.
Exclude Sample
– the samples that meet the criteria are excluded during
run-time.
Exclude
SubGroup – the subgroups that consist of samples that meet the
criteria are excluded during run-time
Use SubGroup
Mean – samples that meet the criteria are removed from a subgroup,
and when they are removed, the mean of the remaining samples (in
that subgroup) is calculated and used as a substitute for the
excluded samples.
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Moving Length
(Moving XBar
only)
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The limit for the number of subgroups that
are used to calculate the average value. For example, if the moving
average is set at 8, subgroups are averaged with the 8 consecutive
subgroups preceding and including the plotted subgroup.
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Values 2 - 20. Default value is 8.
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Number of Bars
(Histogram only)
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The number of bars to appear on the
chart.
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Values 5 - 30.
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Line Width
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The width of the connector line.
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Values 1 through 10 – 1 is the narrowest; 10
is the widest.
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Line Style
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The style of the connector line.
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Solid
Dash Dash
Dot Dot
Dash Dot
Dash Dot Dot
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Decimal Places
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The number of decimal places for displayed
data (e.g. CL, UCL).
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Values 0 - 7
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Configure List
button
NOTE: Histogram chart
only.
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Allows you to customize the list of
descriptive statitics that appears on the right side of a Histogram
chart.
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Opens the
Select Statistics to Display dialog box.
Available list
– all available descriptive statistics. All statistics appear on a
Quick Report (when exported).
Selected list –
descriptive statistics that appear on the chart during
run-time.
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Report Title
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The title that will appear when the data is
exported as a Quick Report (HTML).
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Any text.
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Chart Image
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Indicates whether the chart image is
exported when data is exported to an HTML table.
NOTE: Tool Tips will
not appear in the exported chart image.
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Selected – the
image of the chart is exported to an HTML table.
Cleared – the
image of the chart is not exported to an HTML table (only the data
is exported).
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Descriptive Statistics
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Indicates whether the chart's descriptive
statistics (e.g. LCL, UCL, CL, and so forth) are exported.
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Selected – the
chart's descriptive statistics are exported.
Cleared – the
chart's descriptive statistics are not exported.
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Summary Data
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Indicates whether the summary data (e.g.
subgroup mean, average) is exported.
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Selected – the
chart's summary data is exported.
Cleared – the
chart's summary data is not exported.
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Raw Data
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Indicates whether the raw data (e.g. actual
data values for all samples) is exported.
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Selected – the
chart's raw data is exported.
Cleared – the
chart's raw data is not exported.
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