Selecting options for SPC Charts

The Settings tab and Chart Settings dialog can be used to change retrieval, display, and other settings for new and existing charts. There are multiple options for changing chart settings using the Settings tab expandable tree structure.

 

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

Accessing the Settings tab

The Settings tab can be accessed two ways:

If new charts are created with no changes made to the Settings tab, the chart will draw using the default chart settings.

When an item is changed from the default setting, the option name will turn blue as in the following example. Default chart settings can be changed in the GainSeeker Administration module.

Searching for items in a tree structure

Applying settings to charts

There are some differences between the SPC Charts tab (which displays when you create a new chart) and the Chart Settings dialog (which displays when you select the Settings... option from the right-click menu for a chart) with regard to how changes are applied to charts. This is detailed in the following table.

Action

Result

Duration

Action 1:
  • Changes are made in the Settings tab when a new chart is being drawn using the SPC Charts dialog:

  • Those changes are applied to that chart and any new charts that are created while that session of the GainSeeker Charts module remains open.

  • When the GainSeeker Charts module is closed for that session and GainSeeker Charts is later reopened, the Settings tab settings will revert to the default chart settings in the GainSeeker System Administration module.

Action 2:

  • Changes are made to an existing chart using the Settings... option on the right-click menu for a chart:

  • Those changes are applied to that chart only and any chart that are duplicated from it.

  • When the GainSeeker Charts module is closed for that session and GainSeeker Charts is later reopened, the Settings tab settings reverts to the default chart settings in the GainSeeker System Administration module.
Action 3:
  • Change the default chart settings in the GainSeeker System Administration module for a configuration:

  • The changes are the new default settings the next time the GainSeeker Charts module is opened.

  • This is a "permanent" setting until the default chart settings are again changed in the GainSeeker System Administration module.

(Temporary changes can still be made to new charts using Action 1 or 2.)

Action 4:
  • Use the Restore Defaults button on the SPC Charts tab to apply default settings (as set for that configuration in the System Administration module) to a new chart you draw:

  • The new chart displays all the default chart settings for a configuration as set in the Systems Administration module.

  • When the GainSeeker Charts module is closed for that session and GainSeeker Charts is later reopened, the Settings tab settings display default chart settings in the GainSeeker System Administration module.

(Temporary changes can still be made to new charts using Action 1 or 2.)

Action 5

  • Any charts saved on a desktop have the same settings as when they were saved to the desktop each time the user opts to open it in the GainSeeker Charts module.

  • Permanent as long as the desktop is not deleted.

Multiple Settings tab options for SPC Charts