Causes, Actions, Comments, Data Brushing Setup

Click the Causes, actions, comments, sample inclusion setup button in the Defining Variable dialog box, or click the Setup button on the Brushing tab of the Results dialog box to display the Causes, Actions, Comments, Data Brushing Setup dialog box. Use the options in this dialog box to create a collection of standard causes, actions, and comments that can be included in the charts to label out-of-control points in the chart. You can also use the options in this dialog box to create the sample inclusion codes for data brushing (see the Brushing tab of the respective results dialog box for more details).

Additional chart info

Variables containing Causes and Actions. Click this button to display a variable selection dialog box where you specify variables that contain codes for causes and actions.

Specify codes. Once you have specified the variables, you can specify the codes to use for those variables. Click the Specify codes button (for either Causes or Actions) to display a Specify text labels for dialog box for the specified variable.

Sample inclusion codes (can also be added later)

Variables containing codes. Click this button to display a one-variable selection dialog box where you can select the variable that contains codes for exclusion from graphs and/or computations. Once you have selected the variable, you can specify the codes to use for exclusion from computations and for exclusion from graphs and computations using the boxes provided beneath those options.

Variable with comments

Click the Variable button to display a one-variable selection dialog box, where you specify the variable that contains (or will contain) additional comments to use in the charts. Click the Specify codes button to display the Specify text labels for dialog box for the specified variable.

Add variables to the data file

Click this button to display the Add Variables dialog box, where you add additional variables to your data set.