Template Wizard Step 6

Tabs in Data Entry

You can specify which tabs you want to display on the data entry screen.

The Template Wizard automatically inserts two tabs – Data Entry and Data Table – when you create a new template. However, you may insert additional tabs to display more information for your operators, such as instructions in document, audio or video form, pictures or drawings, and statistics. If you have installed the GainSeeker Defect Management System, you may also insert a tab for defect data entry.

You may change the order of the tabs on the screen, except for the Data Entry tab, by clicking the tab you want to move and then clicking the and buttons. You may also set the properties for each tab you insert.

Note: Adding tabs to a template will make the template slower to load during data entry. Removing tabs may speed up the amount of time it takes to load a template in the Data Entry module. At minimum, your template must contain a Data Entry tab.

Data Entry tab

The & symbol underlines the character directly behind it (thus &1 in the Caption box becomes 1 on the tab itself). Data Entry operators can press ALT + the underlined character to move to that tab without using a mouse or other pointing device.

To turn on this feature, select the Enable external applications button. Then select the program to run.

Selecting SPC Charts and Reports or DMS Charts and Reports will allow your operators to click the button to automatically generate charts from SPC or DMS based on the part numbers and characteristics for which the operator is currently entering data.

Alternately, you may add command line parameters to the File name of application to run so that when an operator clicks the button, it will open a specific desktop, open and print a specific desktop, or open a specific desktop and save it as HTML.

If you select Other Applications, you can also change the File name of application to run dynamically during data entry by using the SETTAB command in the advanced settings of step 5 of the Template Wizard.

You can change the formula that is executed with this button while the template is running. The following example shows how to accomplish this:

On Template Wizard Step 6, set the Formula field to EVAL SVAR 1.

Then, change the value of SVAR 1 in the template where appropriate.

Data Table tab

The Caption is the text on the tab itself. You may change this text to the label of your choice. For example, if you want for this tab to appear as 3 SPC Information, then change the caption to &3 SPC Information.

The & symbol underlines the character directly behind it (thus &3 in the Caption box becomes 3 on the tab itself). Data Entry operators can press ALT + the underlined character to move to that tab without using a mouse or other pointing device.

Traceability tab

The Caption is the text on the tab itself. You may change this text to the label of your choice. For example, if you want for this tab to appear as 3 SPC Information, then change the caption to &3 SPC Information.

The & symbol underlines the character directly behind it (thus &3 in the Caption box becomes 3 on the tab itself). Data Entry operators can press ALT + the underlined character to move to that tab without using a mouse or other pointing device.

Statistics tab

The & symbol underlines the character directly behind it (thus &3 in the Caption box becomes 3 on the tab itself). Data Entry operators can press ALT + the underlined character to move to that tab without using a mouse or other pointing device.

Instructions tab

The & symbol underlines the character directly behind it (thus &3 in the Caption box becomes 3 on the tab itself). Data Entry operators can press ALT + the underlined character to move to that tab without using a mouse or other pointing device.

This tab can contain only text. If you want to include graphics in your instructions, use a Document or Image tab.

Tip: To start a new paragraph, press CTRL + ENTER. (Pressing ENTER will activate the Next button and take you to step 7 in the Template Wizard.)

Document tab

Displaying a PDF on the Document tab

Use the Office2PDF utility to convert a Microsoft Office® file to PDF format, which displays well on a Data Entry Document tab. This eliminates having to display a file on a secondary window.

Caption – The text on the tab itself. You may change this text to the label of your choice. For example, if you want this tab to appear as 3 SPC Information, then change the caption to &3 SPC Information.

The & (ampersand) symbol underlines the character directly behind it (thus &3 in the Caption box becomes 3 on the tab itself). Data Entry operators can press ALT + the underlined character to move to that tab without using a mouse or other pointing device.

Filename – Click Browse to select the document file to display from this tab. This tab supports .doc, .docx, .txt, .htm, .html, and .rtf files. Folder names and file names are not limited to eight characters in length, and they may contain spaces. This tab also supports web URLs, including Google Docs.

Note:  .doc and docx files will be displayed in a secondary window using the installed version of Microsoft Word or the Microsoft Word Viewer, not directly in this tab of the data entry template. If you prefer not to use the Word viewer, you may want to save these files as .rtf or .htm and use this tab to display the .rtf or .htm file. To convert to a PDF, use the Office2PDF utility described above.

The version of .doc and .docx files supported depends on the installed version of Microsoft Word or the Microsoft Word Viewer at each computer that will run this template. Refer to the Microsoft Download Center website for information on downloading and installing the latest version of the Word viewer and/or a compatibility pack to read files saved by newer versions of Microsoft Office.

This tab does not directly support .pdf files. However, if you use this tab to specify a .html file containing links to one or more .pdf files, the operator can click these links to view the .pdf files during data entry. A more direct way to view .pdf files is to launch them from the external applications button on the Data Entry tab.

Note: Due to these limitations using the Word Viewer, it is sometimes better to use a HTML page that redirects to a PDF (Word, Excel, ...) document. This may put the document in a browser control directly on the document tab. An example of the HTML code to redirect to a PDF document follows:

<HTML>

<HEAD>

<TITLE>Loading Document, Please Wait... </TITLE>

<BODY><META HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" CONTENT="1;URL=C:\instruct.pdf"></BODY>

</HEAD>

</HTML>

If the installed version of Microsoft Word or the Microsoft Word Viewer at the computer that will run this template is 2003 or later, the .doc or .docx file will still be displayed in a secondary window instead of being displayed in the browser control on the document tab. Previous versions of Word and the Word Viewer will display the .doc or .docx file in the browser control on the document tab. A copy of the Word 97 viewer can be installed from the \UTILITY\WORDVIEW\ folder on the GainSeeker installation CD.

When the Document tab displays an HTML file that launches a second HTML file, the mouse pointer only changes to an hourglass during the loading of the initial HTML file. If you want to display an hourglass while the second HTML file is loading, you must add code to the initial HTML file to change the mouse pointer to an hourglass during this time.

Image tab

The & symbol underlines the character directly behind it (thus &3 in the Caption box becomes 3 on the tab itself). Data Entry operators can press ALT + the underlined character to move to that tab without using a mouse or other pointing device.

Audio tab

The & symbol underlines the character directly behind it (thus &3 in the Caption box becomes 3 on the tab itself). Data Entry operators can press ALT + the underlined character to move to that tab without using a mouse or other pointing device.

Video tab

The & symbol underlines the character directly behind it (thus &3 in the Caption box becomes 3 on the tab itself). Data Entry operators can press ALT + the underlined character to move to that tab without using a mouse or other pointing device.

Note: To play a video, at least Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 higher must be installed on the user's workstation.

DMS Data Entry tab

The Caption is the text on the tab itself. You may change this text to the label of your choice. For example, if you want for this tab to appear as 3 SPC Information, then change the caption to &3 SPC Information.

The & symbol underlines the character directly behind it (thus &3 in the Caption box becomes 3 on the tab itself). Data Entry operators can press ALT + the underlined character to move to that tab without using a mouse or other pointing device.

MINITAB tab

This tab allows you to automatically generate and display MINITAB charts during data entry.  You can add several MINITAB charts to one tab, or you can add multiple MINITAB tabs with one chart each.

Data entry workstations where this function will be used must have MINITAB version 14 Corporate Edition or MINITAB version 15 - 17 installed.  It is not necessary for the template designer's workstation to have MINITAB installed.

When the data entry operator views this tab during data entry, MINITAB quickly generates a chart of the current data for this standard and saves the chart as a file.  This tab then displays the file to the operator.  MINITAB will regenerate the chart each time the data entry operator switches from another tab to this one, because data may have been added or changed since the previous chart was generated.

The & symbol underlines the character directly behind it (thus &3 in the Caption box becomes 3 on the tab itself). Data Entry operators can press ALT + the underlined character to move to that tab without using a mouse or other pointing device.

To close the MINITAB program automatically after it generates charts for data entry, clear this check box.

Regardless of the way this option is set for the MINITAB tab, a data entry operator with rights to Send to Printer or Editor can still send data to MINITAB from the Data Table tab.  See Exporting Data to MINITAB for more information.

If you want to use this chart file on a regular basis for other purposes, such as attaching to e-mail or printing for a report, you should enter a name and location for this chart file.  Each time the data entry operator uses this template and clicks this tab, MINITAB will overwrite this file with the latest chart information.

If you enter a file name with the extension .rtf, MINITAB will generate a file in rich text format, which is much larger and much slower than generating a file in HTML format.  If you enter a file name with any other extension, MINITAB will generate a file in HTML format. You can type a location and file name, or click Browse to enter a location and file name.  If you specify a file name without a location, the file will be created in your Windows Temp folder.  Folder names and file names are not limited to eight characters in length, and they may contain spaces.

If you don't plan to use this chart file for other purposes, you can allow GainSeeker to generate temporary files as needed.  These files are stored in your Windows Temp folder as MtbDDEnn.htm, where "nn" is a two-digit number beginning with 00 that is incremented each time a new .htm file is created. To use this option, leave the Filename box empty.

You should select only the columns you really need, because MINITAB will load more slowly as you increase the number of columns sent. We recommend limiting this setting to two or three columns, as the MINITAB chart commands can access a maximum of three columns.  

For detailed help on using the Columns button to select columns, see Modifying columns to export to MINITAB.

You must select one or more commands for MINITAB to draw a chart – otherwise, this tab will display nothing during data entry.

In the Command name box, click the name of the command you would like to execute in MINITAB, or hold down CTRL and click several commands. It is also possible to enter additional MINITAB commands.

For the command(s) you have selected, review the information listed under Command contents. For each %NN parameter in your selected command, make sure that each corresponding option below the Command name box is set correctly. For example, the contents of the Sixpack command contain four %NN parameters - %C1, %E, %LS, and %US. If this was the command you selected, then you should review the settings for Column 1 (%C1), Subgroup size (%E), Lower Spec (%LS) and Upper Spec (%US) and modify these if necessary. By default, GainSeeker fills the Upper Spec, Lower Spec, and Subgroup size fields from information stored in the standard, so you can leave them blank on this screen and allow GainSeeker to fill them automatically during data entry.

None of the default commands uses the %C3 (Column 3), %T1 (Text 1), %T2 (Text 2), or %K (Constant) parameters. If you use only the default commands, then you will never need to modify the values in these fields. However, if you enter additional commands, those commands might reference one or more of these parameters.