Analyze your data

You can use Quick Chart to analyze your SPC measurement data on a dashboard.

A. Go to Quick Chart and create a Retrieval

1. On the navigation menu , expand the Analysis  section. Then select Quick Chart.
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   2. On the Quick Chart page, the Retrievals panel determines what data you are analyzing.
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2. Create a Retrieval for your data:
   1. 1. Select the Add Retrieval button, or select  on the Retrievals panel, to create a new Retrieval.
      2. Create a Retrieval Name.
         1. It is used to build charts, but it will not be displayed on charts.
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      3. In the Date section, set the date range you want to analyze.
         1. The default date range is Current Day (today).
         2. If you want to include any previous data:
            1. Choose a date increment such as Weeks, Months, and so forth.
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            2. Select the type of date range such as Current, Previous, and so forth.
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               2. For an option with 1, you can also change the number.
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            3. Verify the date range.
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      4. Select the Parts list and then select your Part.
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      5. To include more than 25 subgroups on the chart, set the Maximum Records to Retrieve per Standard greater than (or equal to) the number of subgroups you entered.
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      6. Select Confirm to save your new Retrieval.
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         3. If you need to edit this Retrieval, select its Settings button .
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B. Select a Chart Type and your Retrieval

This group of buttons analyzes SPC measurement data:

on a PC:

on a tablet: 

The Stats Grid button can also analyze SPC measurement data:

on a PC:  

on a tablet:  

To proceed:

1. Choose how to view and analyze your data:
   • For a Control Chart, select the Control Chart button.
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   • For a Histogram, select the Histogram button.
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   • For a Data Table, select the SPC Data button.
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   • For a Statistics Grid, select the Stats Grid button. 
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2. Select the Retrieval you created.
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   • This places a chart window on the dashboard.
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   • If you entered more characteristics for this part, they will all be displayed on the chart window. 
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C. Make the chart bigger

1. On a PC, select and drag any edge or corner of the chart window to make it bigger.
   1. On a tablet, select and hold any corner of the chart window. When the grid lines are displayed, you can drag that corner to make the chart bigger.
   2. Your chart edges will snap to the nearest grid lines. The grid represents the full width of the dashboard. 
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2. Select the Expand button to display the full-sized dashboard (without the retrieval and settings panels).
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   2. Pro tip:  If you select and drag an edge again, you can see how that same grid is applied when the dashboard is full-sized.
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3. Select the Collapse button  to display the retrieval and settings panels again.

Congratulations   on making your first chart!

Next, we'll show you how to create more charts for the same data.

After that, we'll show you what you can do with those charts.

Analyze the same data on another chart

It's easy to add another chart of the same data:

1. Select another SPC chart button. 
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2. Select your retrieval from the Select an Existing Retrieval list to analyze the same data — part number, process, characteristic, and date range — as your existing chart.
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   2. Like before, this adds a chart window to the dashboard.
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3. To size this new chart window, you can:
   • select and drag an edge or corner of the chart window like you did before
   • select the Auto Tile button  to automatically arrange all the chart windows on the dashboard 
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Work with charts

With one or more charts on the dashboard, you can:

• Download   a copy of the chart.
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• Look for Insights  from your data to help you reduce variation or shift the mean.
• Expand the dashboard and then use your browser to print it.
  • On most PC browsers, you can press CTRL+P to print.
  • On most tablet browsers, you can select the Share button to print.
• Use the Move button to drag the chart to a different position on the dashboard.
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• Add more charts to the dashboard.
• Save the dashboard for re-use.
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Some charts have special functions:

• On a Data Table, you can change or delete any row by selecting the Edit button or Delete button .
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• On a Control Chart, you can:
  • • Get more information about any data point or limit line.
      • • on a PC:  Hover your mouse over the data point or the end of the limit line.
        • on a tablet:  Select the data point or the end of the limit line.
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    • Change or delete any data point by clicking it.
    • Use the chart buttons to zoom and select, pan, zoom in, zoom out, and reset the chart.
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        • on a PC:  Hover your mouse over the chart to display these buttons.
        • on a tablet:  These buttons are always displayed.
• On a Histogram, you can get more information about any bar or limit line.
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    • on a PC:  Hover your mouse over the bar or the end of the limit line.
    • on a tablet:  Select the bar or the end of the limit line.

What's Next

Next Steps