Control Chart settings

The Settings tab chart options featured in this topic apply to all of the following control chart types:

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

 

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Note: Control chart settings and all other settings located in the Chart overrides node of the Settings dialog can be saved as a chart skin that you can apply to any charts. For more information, see Chart Skins

Navigating to Control chart options

See Navigating Tree Structures for help with using the Settings tab expandable tree structure.

Navigate to Control chart options following this path:

Chart overrides | Charts | Control chart options

Options

Draw bar charts for subgroup and range values

Draw individual data points for each subgroup

Draw Range chart

Scroll data on the chart

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Number of items to show in the scroll pane = n

The following chart has been set to display 10 data points at a time (not all are shown in this example) in the charting window as a user scrolls through the data using the scrollbar at chart bottom. An optional Control data scrolling grid with user-selected statistics and traceability items has also been added above this chart.

To set this option:

  1. Select the Scroll data on the chart check box. Then, double-click on Number of items to show in the scroll pane =  just above it.

The Enter Value dialog opens.

  1. Enter a numeric value in the text box of the Enter Value dialog that represents the number of data points to display on the chart at one time. (10 or less items to show in the scroll pane is a good number to start with for readability purposes).

Show data grid on the chart

Adds a data grid above the chart on the chart window when this setting is selected.

Note: the Scroll data on the chart check box must also be selected for this feature to properly display:

Note: The Show data grid on the chart option displays best when Number of items to show in the scroll pane = n is set to 10 or less data points on a charting window.

Sigma stripes based on

Chart overrides | Lines and Limits | Limits to display | Control, Time Axis, and Scatter charts | Show sigma stripes

To select the zones on which the sigma stripes will be based:

  1. Click the preceding Sigma stripes based on to expand the node to display the options. In the following example, Control is selected:

  1. Click an option on which the sigma stripes will be based.