Using MINITAB with GainSeeker

The data you collect using GainSeeker can be exported to MINITAB® Statistical Software for further analysis.

MINITAB is a trademark of Minitab Inc. and is used herein with the owner's permission.

Note: This topic pertains to the GainSeeker Charts and PC Collect modules.

For information on the SPC Data Entry module and legacy GainSeeker modules such as SPC Charts and Reports, DMS Charts and Reports, and Enterprise Dashboard, see Exporting data to MINITAB and MINITAB Charts.

 

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Types of data to export to MINITAB

In the GainSeeker Charts and PC Collect modules, you can export data to MINITAB from most types of charts - including graphical charts, data tables, and statistics lists.

Methods for exporting data

There are three methods for exporting data from the GainSeeker Charts window to MINITAB. The best method to use depends on whether you have MINITAB installed on your workstation and which version you have installed. If you do not have MINITAB installed, you can still save the data in a MINITAB-compatible file format.

Workstations with MINITAB installed

This option is available when MINITAB version 15-19 is installed.

With this option, GainSeeker launches MINITAB with commands to automatically open a table containing data from a GainSeeker SPC or DMS chart, statistics list, or data table. You can additionally choose which columns to display in the MINITAB table.

This option is available only when MINITAB version 19 is installed.

It allows you to specify which columns contain data, to send specification limits and subgroup sizes from the standard, and have MINITAB automatically execute commands on the data. This option runs slower than the option detailed above.

All Workstations

This option creates a MINITAB-compatible file containing the data in a GainSeeker data table you have generated or converted from a chart. You can then transfer the file to another workstation for use where MINITAB is installed.

If GainSeeker detects MINITAB version 17.3 or later, the file name extension is *.txt.

Otherwise, the file name extension is *.txm. (MINITAB versions 17.3 and later will no longer open files with the *.txm filename extension. However, MINITAB can still open a *.txm file if it is renamed with the filename extension *.txt.)

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