Statistica Enterprise Terms and Definitions
Analysis Configuration. An Analysis Configuration is an analysis in Statistica Enterprise. An analysis configuration can either be for Quality Control Charting or with Statistica Visual Basic (SVB) and defines the analyses for any of the Statistica analysis and graphics modules. A Data Configuration is linked to the Analysis Configuration as the data source.
Characteristic. A Characteristic corresponds to one dimension or attribute of an object or process. For example, the weight of an object could be a characteristic.
Dashboard. A Dashboard is the icons to be displayed in rows and columns for streamlined review of the status of Server Tasks in the Statistica Monitoring and Alerting Server (MAS). The Server Tasks run in an automated fashion on the MAS server. Dashboard users review the latest status of these analyses. When alarm conditions are met, the icon for the respective Server Task changes. Data Configuration. A Data Configuration defines the data to be retrieved from a data source and the metadata about these data. A Data Configuration is based on a Database Connection. Database Connection. A Database Connection defines the connection properties to connect to a particular data source, including the OLE DB Provider to use and the username/password. Data Entry Setup. Statistica Enterprise can be configured to accept data from a variety of sources. Users can enter data via the keyboard or through gages by configuring the Input Type Parameters. The format in which the data are entered is customized by system administrators when specifying the Data Entry Setups. For example, users can be prompted to enter each characteristic or attribute in individual dialog boxes, or data can be entered for an entire sample at once (Sample-Wide data entry).
Control Limits. The control limits of a quality control chart define when the process is "in control." Data points that fall outside the control limits are deemed to be "out of control."
Control limits can be automatically calculated by Statistica Enterprise, or they can be specified by the user. Label. A Label in a Data Configuration is a Target Type that specifies that the column is to be used for filtering purposes. Folder (Node). A Folder (sometimes called a Node) is an item in the tree view in the Enterprise Manager application.
QC Analysis Configuration. An Analysis Configuration is used to define Quality Control analyses to be run based on a Data Configuration.
Query. A query is a definition in Structure Query Language (SQL) of the data to be retrieved from a data source. Data Configurations contain one or more queries. Report. A Report is a formatted document to be generated. A Report is based on one or more Analysis Configurations, with the Analysis Configurations defining the analysis results available to be placed in the report. The report template specifies the location of results and the document layout, the desired output location, and the desired format (e.g., PDF, HTML, MS Word). Server Task. A Server Task is an automated analysis to run on the Statistica Monitoring and Alerting Server (MAS). Server Tasks are based on Analysis Configurations and optionally contain definitions of alarm conditions, including rules and actions. Station. A Station is a workstation from which data will be collected using Data Entry Setups. SVB Analysis Configuration. An SVB Analysis Configuration is used to define analyses to be run with Statistica Visual Basic. System View. The System View is the folders in which configuration objects are placed. The System View is a primary user interface for Statistica Enterprise end users. The layout and organization of folders is completely configurable, using Enterprise Manager. Target Type. The Target Type is important metadata about the column in the Data Configuration to specify how Statistica should interpret/utilize the values in the respective column.
Warning Limits. Warning limits are sometimes used to provide the user with a warning that the process, while still in control, is approaching the control limits. Warning limits are optional, and are specified by the user.