Standard overrides settings for DMS charts

If you want to analyze data as if its standards were configured differently—without actually changing those standards—you can expand the Standard overrides tree and temporarily override the settings. Information about each of these settings is featured in this topic.

You can assign default settings to charts in the GainSeeker System Administration module. See Chart Defaults settings

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Navigating to these settings

Settings that will only change the statistic that reports that standard setting:

Settings that will also affect the calculation of some other statistics (in addition to changing the statistics that report these standard settings):

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Navigating to these settings

The Standard overrides node is located at the top level on the Settings tab:

For help with using tree structures like the one on the Settings tab, see Navigating Tree Structures

Some of the standard settings will impact the statistics that you report in different ways. These standard settings can be grouped as follows:

Settings that will only change the statistic that reports that standard setting:

Standard override setting:	Affects this statistic:
Improvement start date	Improvement start date
Improvement start value	Improvement start value
Memo	Memo
Part Number	Part Number
Process	Process
Standard Sample size	Standard Sample size

Settings that will also affect the calculation of some other statistics (in addition to changing the statistics that report these standard settings):

Standard override setting:	Affects these statistics:	Also affects the calculation of other statistics, such as:
Cost per Unit	Cost per Unit	Total NCU Cost
Lower Gate	Lower Gate	% in Gate, % out of Gate
Opportunities per Unit	Opportunities per Unit	Yield, Total Sample size, % Defects
Upper Gate	Upper Gate	% in Gate, % out of Gate

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For more information on individual settings in standards or processes, see DMS Processes and DMS Standards.