DMS Chart Options

The DMS Chart Options window lets you configure charts to display on the current sub-inspection. For information on opening this window, see Setting charts to display in inspections.

 

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Naming the charts

When you first click New to create a group of one or more charts, you are prompted to name that group.

When editing the chart group, you can change this name.

Step 1: Select DMS standards for the retrieval

If you want this sub-inspection to chart multiple standards with the same chart types and chart settings (date period, filter, statistical settings, etc.), you can use this step to select all those standards at once – beginning with the Part Number Source:

When finished selecting standards, click Next Step.

Step 2: Select chart types

Select the DMS chart types you want to display, and then click Next Step.

Step 3: Modify settings for the selected charts

Choose retrieval and statistical settings for the standards and charts you have selected. You can also specify a Chart skin (created in the GainSeeker Charts module) that changes display options for these charts. When finished, click Save and Close.

Note: If you display a Statistics List or Statistics Table, GainSeeker will use the default report name from the current Chart skin (if specified) or from the current GainSeeker configuration. If a default Statistics list or Statistics table report name is not specified in either of these areas, GainSeeker will simply display system default statistics on these charts.

Tip: If desired, you can configure the charts with a special filter for data that matches traceability values in this inspection, as described below:

Filtering for inspection traceability values

In some cases, you may wish to filter the chart for a traceability value that was entered in this inspection – by a Traceability test in a previous sub-inspection or the current sub-inspection, a Planned Inspection, or a Formula test.

For example, you might wish to filter for:

      • a Lot number that the user enters during data entry

      • a Machine ID that you preset with a Planned Inspection or Formula test

To filter for such a traceability value – which may vary from one data entry session to the next – you must create a Quick filter or a saved filter that looks for a blank value in that traceability field, such as this example which filters for the current Cavity number:

If this traceability value is not set before the sub-inspection with the filter is opened, the charts that use this filter will not be drawn until a value has been set for this traceability field. If this traceability value is cleared, the charts that use this filter will be removed.

Chart behavior during data entry

A chart will open when the sub-inspection opens and all information necessary to open the chart (Process, Part Number, and Filter contents) has been defined.

Any chart linked to the Inspection Process or Part number and Process will be refreshed (the chart's data is re-retrieved from the database and statistics are recalculated) when there is a change to any of the information for the chart (Process, Part Number, and/or Filter contents). Changing any traceability values that will be stored with the linked tests will also cause the charts to refresh. These changes can be triggered by the sub-inspection that created the chart or by a later sub-inspection that changes any of these values.

Submitting data for any linked chart will refresh that chart.

If two chart groups draw the same chart type for the same information (Process, Part Number, Filter, and Date Period), only one side panel tab will be used.

Side panel charts will be closed when any of the information for the chart is removed, when the side panel is cleared, or when the inspection is closed.

Sending emails with charts during an inspection