SPC Chart default settings

You can change the default settings for SPC charts in the GainSeeker System Administration module. Customizing these options to meet your organization's needs can make routine analysis and charting activities faster and more convenient.

Most of these options can also be temporarily changed for a chart using the Settings tab when a chart is first drawn or when it is open.

Settings tab settings are temporary in that each time the GainSeeker Charts module is closed, the settings revert back to the default settings established in the GainSeeker System Administration module .

 

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Navigating to the SPC Chart defaults settings

Navigate to the SPC chart defaults settings on the Configurations tab of the System Administration module by following this path:

Configurations | (configuration | Chart defaults | SPC

Chart skin (SPC) =

Use this setting to apply a chart skin to charts drawn for SPC retrievals. The default chart skin can be temporarily overridden by users from the Settings tab.

Chart skins included with GainSeeker are added to each configuration when the System Administration module is initially loaded and to any new configurations you might add.

You can also create and name your own skins, which can have practical advantages on decision-making based on data when analysts see data displayed the same way. For more information, See Chart Skins

Control, Time Axis, and Scatter charts

Control chart limits

Select the limits to display on Control charts. See Control chart limits

Draw bar charts for subgroup and range values

Adds a bar chart showing subgroup and range values to charting windows when checkbox is selected. See Draw bar charts for subgroup and range values

Draw individual data points for each subgroup

Displays individual data points representing each subgroup on the chart when checkbox is selected. See Draw individual data points for each subgroup.

Draw range chart

Includes a range chart on the charting window. See Draw range chart

Range chart limits

Select the Control range chart limits to display. See Control range chart limits

Show sigma stripes

Displays sigma stripes on charts when this checkbox is selected.

CuSum/Control charts

Acceptance limit based on

Select the limit from which the acceptance limit is calculated. See Acceptance limit based on

CuSum chart limits

Select limits to display on a CuSum/Control X-bar chart See CuSum/Control chart limits

Decision interval value =

Determine the value used to calculate the upper and lower CuSum value for data subgroups. See Decision interval value

Range chart limits

Select the limits to display on a CuSum range chart. See Range chart limits

Show C1/C2 zone

Displays the C1/C2 zone (the area between C1 and C2) as a shaded area on the chart when this checkbox is selected.

Show sigma stripes

Displays sigma stripes on charts when this checkbox is selected.

Start value constant =

This value is used to calculate the upper and lower CuSum value for a data subgroup when that subgroup is the first in the data set retrieved. It is also used in the upper or lower CuSum calculation when the previous CuSum value exceeded the acceptance limit. See Start value constant

Default Chart types

Select the default chart types to draw for single charts (one chart window for each retrieval) and multiple retrieval charts (one window for all retrievals). See Selecting SPC Chart types for more information.

One window for all (multiple retrievals)

One window for each

Default reports

Select statistics and other information to display with charts. See Default reports for information about all of these settings.

Divider and grid lines

Choose whether to draw X-axis (vertical gridlines) or Y-axis (horizontal gridlines on a chart. See Divider and grid lines

EWMA Charts

EWMA chart limits

Displays selected limits on an X-bar EWMA chart. See EWMA chart limits

EWMA weight

Determine the weighting factor for EWMA charts. A typical factor is 0.15 . See EWMA weight

Show Sigma stripes

Displays sigma stripes on charts when this checkbox is selected.

Group data on control, CuSum and Performance charts =

Determines how data will be grouped. See Group data on control, CuSum and Performance charts

Histograms

Histogram or Normal Probability Plot limits

Displays these limits on a Histogram or Normal Probability Plot chart. See Histogram or Normal Probability Plot limits

Maximum count for retrieval =

Set the upper limit for the number of data records to retrieve for each selected standard. See Maximum count for retrieval

Monitor Table

Colors and Priority

This setting determines whether the Monitor Table row colors are based on Real-time failure colors or on rules that you define, based on traceability and corrective action values in the data.

If you choose User-Defined Colors, use this window to create and manage the rules for those colors.

For each color rule, choose a Field (traceability, Event, Cause, or Action Taken) and enter the Value you are searching for in that column. Then choose the color that should be applied to the rows where the Field you chose equals the specified Value.

Use the arrow buttons (Top, Up, Down, Bottom) to set the priority of color rules (topmost = highest priority). This is used when any row meets the criteria for multiple color rules.
For example, using the settings pictured above, a row of data with both Event = "Burn on Parts" and Cause = "New Material lot" would be displayed in orange because the rule for the Event is set with a higher priority (higher on the list) than the rule for the Cause.

The Default color is used by rows that do not meet the criteria of any of the other rules. You can change the color for this rule but not delete it or change its priority.
For example, using the settings pictured above, a row of data that does not have Event = "Burn on Parts" or Cause = "New Material lot" would be displayed in green (the color of the Default rule) because it does not meet the criteria for any of the other rules listed.

Maximum count for each standard

See Maximum count for each standard

Table Mode

See Table Mode

Moving Average charts

For information about these settings, see Moving average chart limits and Moving average span

Multiple Charts

For information about these settings, see Multiple Charts options and Process Capability chart options

Paired Sample

The Limits to Display settings apply to the Paired Sample chart.

The Traceability grouped by setting applies to the Paired Sample chart and the Paired Sample Grid dashboard control.

Performance charts

See Performance chart options for information about the following settings:

Display Spec limit values
Graph type
Show box values
Show data on graph
Show entire chart element outside limits

See Performance chart limits for information about the following topic:

Performance chart limits

Real-time failure border

Set default options for colored chart borders that indicate the presence of real-time failures on those charts. See Real-time failure border settings

Sigma stripes based on

Set the zones on which the sigma stripes will be based. See Sigma stripes based on

Sparkline Charts

For information about these settings, see Sparkline Charts

Trend chart limits

Select the limits to display on Trend charts. See Trend chart limits