Selecting Part Numbers or Processes

To:

Do this:

Scroll through the standards list or processes lists—

• Click the scroll bar, or

• Click one item in the list and then press the down arrow key, or

• Click one item in the list and then type the first letter of the name of the part number

Change the sort order of the list of standards—

• Click the Part Number (or Process) or Description buttons at the top of the list

To restrict the list to showing closer matches to a wanted standard—

• Click the Search text field and enter any part of the standard name

You can also enter a regular expression for this search. To do so, your search must begin with  R:  followed by the regular expression, like the following examples:

• To find all standards that begin with "TEMP", enter  R:^TEMP  as the search string.

• To find all standards that end with "TEMP", enter  R:TEMP$  as the search string.

• To find all standards that contain "Angle" or "Bracket", enter  R:Angle|Bracket  as the search string.

To:

Do this:

Select one part number from the list—

Click on the standard

Select several part numbers listed in sequence—

Use one of these methods:

1. Click the first standard you want to select.

2. Press and hold the SHIFT key.

3. Scroll to the last standard and click on it.
   All standards between the first and last standards will also be selected.

or

1. Click the first or last standard you want to select.

2. Press and hold the SHIFT key.

3. Press the arrow keys on the keyboard to scroll up or down the list.

Select several part numbers not listed in succession—

1. Click a list item and press and hold the CTRL ("control") key while selecting additional list items

2. Click the standards you want to select

Select all the standards in the list—

Click the Select All button on the Part Number tab.

Important note: If you select all SPC standards:

• GainSeeker will proceed as if the Skip single charts with no data and Skip retrievals with no data on multiple charts check boxes were selected. Any standards that do not have data for the specified filter and date period will not be listed in any of the charts.

• If you generate Individual charts:

• Storing those charts in a desktop and then opening that desktop will only show the SPC standards with data for that filter and date period when the desktop was saved.

• Any standards that did not have data for that filter and date period when the desktop was saved, but do have data when you later open the desktop, will not be included when you open that desktop - which could be confusing

• In this case, best practice is to use a Dynamic Desktop which will always analyze data across all SPC standards to find data for the specified filter and date period.

• If you generate a Summary chart:

• Changing the filter or date period for this chart, refreshing the chart, or storing it in a desktop and then opening that desktop later will only show the SPC standards with data for that filter and date period when you first created the chart.

• Any standards that did not have data for that filter and date period when you originally created the chart, but do have data when you later change the filter or date period, refresh the chart to retrieve the latest data, or open the desktop, will not be included when you open that desktop - which could be confusing.

• In this case, best practice is to use a Dynamic Desktop which will always analyze data across all SPC standards to find data for the specified filter and date period.

Narrow the list of standards to include only those with data meeting specific date ranges or filter criteria—

Click the Restrict button on the Part Number tab. See Using a date period to restrict the Part Number List and Using a filter condition to restrict the Part Number list