What's New!

Version 5.99 (092) Release Date 9/24

Improvements to automated Process Characteristic Importing: ability to include folder designation; ability to specify a default part, whose properties (including its default work set, analysis, and characteristic properties) will be applied to the imported parts.
Work Set Traceability Persistence options: Last Value Entered is now specific to the characteristic. (Previous Char Same Subgroup option provides same value from prior tab same subgroup).
When Auto Advance is ON, remove the need to press the Import New Data button on each tab in a Work Set. Instead, automatically import if import is defined for the current tab as the tab is opened in auto advance cycle. Report on all imported data at end of cycle. Alert and validation prompts are provided before leaving each tab, and the OK button continues the auto advance cycle.

Version 5.99 (091) Release Date 11/23

Managing the list of email addresses used for Alert Emails for individual characteristics and Process Monitor dashboards is improved, including selection of multiple emails.
Overlay charts: You can now specify the Y-axis label, Y-axis scaling, and show specifications and target value on the chart.
Improvements to Process Monitor chart's Alert Status display.
Increased connection and command timeouts when linking to Oracle data.
Performance improvements can now be gained by automatically removing unused Traceability Field slots (in Tools/Preferences).

Version 5.98 (090) Release Date 4/23

Improvements to the Search and Filter features, including providing folders that match the Filter condition when opening a Work Set.
Alert Log now includes a Show Chart button.
Improved Zoom and Pan features in the Explorer view.
The Statistics and Histogram panes may now be separately enabled/disabled in the chart's Format tab.
Promex import now works with the work set's Auto Advance and Data Tab features.

Version 5.98 (089) Release Date 9/22

Added edit option for Assignable Cause/Corrective Action (AC/CA) fields in Alert Log for users with Edit ACCA privilege.
New Filter feature to Open Work Set, Copy Work Set Property and Copy Characteristic Property dialogs to assist in locating records in long lists.
Fixed issue where a folder could not be expanded to see its children in the Explorer view's left (tree) pane.

Version 5.97 (088) Release Date 7/22

Added support for Promex data export.
Improved Merge Database feature for copying work sets, parts, characteristics and data between databases.
Fixed issue with multiple region formula chart displays in the Work Set view, and issue with Alerting Email when regional settings use a comma decimal.

Version 5.96 (087) Release Date 3/22

Fixed issues with Formula displays (resulting from 086 release changes): creating multiple characteristic spreadsheets and exports, retrieving Assignable Cause/Corrective Action, and Formula tab display in Work Set view.

Version 5.96 (086) Release Date 1/22

Documents, associated with characteristics and gages, can now reference web documents via their URL.
The Alert Prompts used to alert of out of control or other specified issues now include links to the Documents associated with the process characteristic, so users can quickly access them as part of the Alert response. Documents can also be assigned to specific subgroups, such as for documenting findings for root cause analysis.
Formula charts can now have their own specified control regions and plotted subgroups. Also, improved options for the Title and Sub-Title for Formula charts.
Copy Property for gages now includes more of the General settings that can be copied to other gages.
New field for assigning a gage to a specified user, which records the assignment to a log for easy tracking.
Additional bookmarks for reference standards added for customizing Gage Calibration reports (when Calibration option purchased).

Version 5.95 (085) Release Date 06/21

New Copy Property feature for Work Sets so one or more properties can be reset for multiple Work Sets at a time. Also improved the characteristic-level Copy Property, and the Duplicate feature for Work Sets and Characteristics.
New Work Set option that prevents data entry user from editing the datetime.
Customized Y-Axis Labels.
Additional fields added for gages: Storage Location, Model Number, Assigned to User.

Version 5.94 (084) Release Date 11/20

Improved functioning of alert emails for imported and linked data, using either the desktop or the SPCServer service.
Multiple improvements to the importing and alerting functionality in the SPCServer service, including the QATask and QAAPI components.

Version 5.94 (082) Release Date 9/20

Fixed issue with X-Bar chart alerts not working (from 080). Also improved alerting for new data added to characteristics with data import definitions.
Added ability to delete multiple characteristics at a time from an Analysis.

Version 5.94 (080) Release Date 6/20

Option to auto-create new control regions based on changes in a specified Traceability field.
Improvements to Alert Log for external (ODBC) data. Expanded alerts for external data to optionally require password.
Assignable Cause / Corrective Action (ACCA) saved independently for formula.
Added support for BigID Identifiers in external (ODBC) data.
Added capability indices to Alert emails.

Version 5.93 (079) Release Date 12/19

When Calibration module included: Improved performance for gage calibration searches.

Version 5.92 (078) Release Date 10/19

Export to Certificate of Analysis (COA) will now cancel with a warning if there is no data in the filtered export.
When Calibration module included: A device history report is now available to export to Word all the calibrations for a specified gage; and, you can now filter the Gage List to show all gages whose calibration procedure uses a specific reference standard.
Several improvements were made to better accommodate international date format DD-MM-YYYY, particularly for SQL Server installations, including changes to the Audit Log, Alert Log, and Archiving.
Formulas are now shown in the Alert Log. In addition, you can apply alerts separately to the formula and each of the data characteristics in the formula when using the Formula data entry tab. The Alert Log has also been updated to show the actual values out of spec/out of control.
Alerting will now apply for incomplete subgroups.

Version 5.91 (077) Release Date 5/19

Improvements to Work Sets for real-time data entry: Improved ability for reordering the list of Traceability Fields for the work set; Added option to specify a delay to the Auto Advance for each characteristic, so that the data entry person will enter a specified number of subgroups for each characteristic before the Auto Advance is applied; Added a timer to prompt the user to take a data reading for the characteristic.
Improved archive function that more rapidly creates the archive. Especially useful for large databases, including SQL Server.
Added Export to CSV option to the Audit Log (available when CFR Option purchased)

Version 5.90 (076) Release Date 2/19

Improvements to COA (Certificate of Analysis) reports and other Exports to Word: Allow custom bookmarks defined by the user. When included in the template, will prompt the user for the value. This is useful for information like Customer Name that might not be in the exported data. Also added bookmarks for Characteristic Note and Part Note, and added the user's name to the email selection list when reports are emailed.
The Copy Property dialog now supports the Shift key for selecting a range of items to copy to the selected characteristics.
Restricted a few items in Preferences to Administrators.

Version 5.89 (075) Release Date 10/18

When the Data Form is not shown in the Explorer view, a Browse window containing the subgroup details will be displayed when a subgroup is selected on a chart.
Installations with Gage Calibration module will now have a Copy Property option that allows you to select calibration settings and procedures that can be copied to one or more other gages (like the Copy Property feature for characteristic settings).
Corrected an issue that could cause misalignment of the Traceability Fields in the Data table, which can impact filtering of data by the Traceability Fields.
Corrected an issue in the 073 release that prevented exporting to Office 2010.

Version 5.87 (073) Release Date 5/18

Added Export to CSV option to Alert Log; You can now also include specified Traceability Fields for both internal and external data.
Enhanced the recently added (v5.85 (071)) option to link to external process characteristic definitions to allow for specifications defined as a target value plus and/or minus specified tolerance values.
The Line formatting options can now be applied when the Rainbow Background chart format is used.
Process descriptions will now be created from the file description field when importing legacy qdb files.

Version 5.86 (072) Release Date 4/18

Alerting prompts and emails can now be applied to external (linked) or imported data, allowing for assignable cause and corrective action in real-time or at later time for data from other data sources.
The recently added (v5.85 (071)) option to link to external process characteristic definitions has been expanded to allow for auto retrieval direct from the SPC application without the need for the SPCSserver service to be running.
Alert History Log added to Tools menu, providing summary view of alerts (since this release) and export to Word capability for reporting.
Calibration Source bookmark added, and corrected issue with reference standard bookmarks from SQL database.

Version 5.85 (071) Release Date 2/18

Zoom/scroll added to charts so user can differentiate points on an overly populated chart.
Performance improvements: When populating the Process window in Explorer view; when opening the Query Design for specifying external data source; and, when generating charts with large number of data in either view.
Automatically import and maintain Process-Characteristic definitions, including Process Name, Characteristic Name and characteristic upper and/or lower specifications, from an external data source, such as PLM (Product Life-cycle Management) software.
Can now add multiple users to multiple private processes.
User-defined (fixed) control limits can now be defined for Batch Means charts. Also, an additional method of specifying user-defined limits based on the average and process sigma for all cases.
When the Moving Range chart is not shown, alerts will be limited to the Individual-X chart.
Expanded email address fields. Support of SMTP TLS security for emailing explicitly stated.
When duplicating a characteristic, the new characteristic is automatically added to the default (or current) work set or analysis.
The Recently Opened list on the Database Properties window is expanded to include additional items on the tree (e.g. gages, analyses, work sets).
When connecting to Excel files, we now use the ACE driver for both xls and xlsx files.
User-defined connection strings for linking to external data can now be entered directly by the user; other improvements to the connection string settings.
Process Monitor charts containing characteristics defined with the Data Source = Internal with Import Definition will now have the Import New Data button available to quickly refresh the PM display with new data.
Export to Certificate of Analysis will now apply the specified filter in addition to the filters applied to the specified charts.
When exporting a calibration to MS Word, the exported document can optionally be added to the Document branch for record-keeping. Subsequent exports of calibrations from the same gage will be added as new versions of the document, with the earlier versions marked obsolete but available for review in the Document branch.
New bookmarks added to calibration certificates and reports for citing Reference Standard's Last Calibration Date and Next Calibration Date.
Various improvements for importing qdb files.

Version 5.84 (070) Release Date 7/17

You can now easily open a single characteristic in Work Set view. If the characteristic is included in a existing Work Set, those options will be applied; if not, then default options are applied.
Option (in Explorer view's Windows menu) to save the Layout of the charts in the right pane, so they can be opened in same positions at a later time.
Can now Search on data added by a specific User.
Improved Export to COA for external (linked) data to filter on Traceability field.

Version 5.83 (069) Release Date 5/17

Traceability Field values are now included in the Alerting email sent from the Work Set View Alerting feature.
During Duplicate Process, the Characteristic order is retained in new process.
Added direct support for SQL-Server Native Client when linking Characteristics with external data residing on a SQL Server.
Added subgroup color designations (based on control limits) to formula characteristics.

Version 5.82 (068) Release Date 3/17

Added an option to the Work Set definition to display a Summary dialog box at the end of a pass in the Work Set view, which summarizes the data entry and results for that pass.
Process-Characteristic Loader (Tools menu) now retains the order of characteristics within the process/part as specified in the loader spreadsheet (previously, it rearranged them alphabetically).
Added DPMO bookmarks for the Export to Word feature.
Revision to control used for the Export to Excel option to prevent a crash in some systems.
Improved performance when opening the Gage List window, particularly noticeable for large databases.

Version 5.80 (066) Release Date 2/17

When Show Zone Lines are on and Show Rainbow Chart off (characteristic Format tab), subgroups out of control will be colored red and those in control green. If Show Warning Limits is also on, then groups between 2 and 3 sigma on the top (X-Bar / Ind-X) chart will be yellow. (These will be overridden by any symbols specified in the Stratify tab, when Show Symbols turned on).
Multiple items can now be selected in the various list windows (Parts, Users, Analyses, Gages, etc.) for deletion.
New toolbar icon added for more conveniently refreshing a chart containing imported data with new data from its source.
Can now specify the font of the Explorer tree in the user Preferences, allowing for larger text for visually impaired.
Added Title and Sub-Title options for the Overlay chart.
Edits to calibration and R&R data are now recorded in the Audit Trail (available when Calibration and CFR options purchased).
The Upper Limit, Lower Limit and Master Value fields specified in Calibration Settings may now be edited during calibrations only if the user has the Edit Calibration Settings privilege (available when Calibration option purchased).
Gage calibration and R&R study data can now be moved to another database, with the gage records, using the enhanced Merge Database option (Tools menu; available when Calibration option purchased).

Version 5.79 (065) Release Date 8/16

Added Run Test rules 1 through 4 for the Range, Sigma and Moving Range charts.
Added Title and Sub-Title fields for analysis charts: Pareto Diagram, Box and Whisker Chart, Scatter Diagram, Auto-correlation Chart, Combined Chart.
Improved printing for charts in the Analysis branch.
In the Work Set Auto Advance properties, enabled the "Open Logon Dialog after all Characteristics visited" and "Open New Work Set after all Characteristics visited" options even when Auto Advance between Work Set characteristics (tabs) is OFF.
Added decimal places to the Copy Property feature, and improved ability to copy properties to characteristics in a different folder.
Expanded field size to allow for more (and/or longer) email addresses in alerting.
Added columns to the Gage List for calibration interval and Last Calibration Date. Also revised Privilege list to better reflect Calibration options (available when Calibration option purchased).

Version 5.78 (064) Release Date 4/16

New installation utility, providing streamlined approach with single installation and license keys for all installation types.

Version 5.77 (063) Release Date 3/16

Duplicate Characteristic function updated to include child (filtered) characteristics.
Duplicate Process function updated to include formula and child (filtered) characteristics.
Formula can now be based on child (filtered) characteristics.
Copy Property feature for copying characteristic properties from one characteristic to another can now be applied to child (filtered) characteristics; Also, zone lines added as a property to be copied.
New bookmarks added for exporting reports and COA to Word: Number of observations exceeding upper or lower specification; Total number of observations or subgroups in the analysis.
Overlay chart will now allow Formula to be plotted.
X-axis labels (date, date/time, or selected traceability field) added to Overlay and Combined charts; Format options for background color, display color added to Overlay, Combined, Box-Whisker, Scatter, Pareto and Auto Correlation charts.
Overlay chart statistics pane now provides value of selected subgroup.
Send reminder emails for pending or past due gage calibrations (available when Calibration option purchased).
Calibration Source added to the Gage Filter conditions that can be applied to the Gage List (available when Calibration option purchased).

Version 5.76 (062) Release Date 10/15

Prompt added to Export to Word email option, allowing preview and editing of the COA Word file before it is emailed.
Added support for opening, importing and linking MS Excel xlsm file (to existing xls and xlsx supported formats).

Version 5.75 (061) Release Date 9/15

Formula can now be added directly at the Process level, applied automatically to the default analysis and work set, and managed for all three in one location.
A process (or part) can now be private, restricting access to only specified users.
New analysis type: Combined Chart, which combines the data of multiple characteristics on a single control chart. This is useful for internal data when the database has been setup with separate characteristics that are closely related (e.g. separate characteristics for different process lines); also useful for combining data from different external data sources (e.g. data from different time periods are stored in different files).
Certificates of Analysis and Calibration reports (if calibration module purchased) can now be directly emailed to specified email addresses (maintained in the Managed Lists).
New Word export bookmark (qaTableDataGrid) to export spreadsheet in same format as Excel export, same as seen in SPC software (WYSIWYG).
Spreadsheets now offer the option to Show Process Name in Column Header, which is particularly useful when exporting tables to Excel or Word.
Added Show Document option to Documents branch.
(Calibration option only) Calibration procedures are linked to a specific version of a document managed in the Documents branch.
(Calibration option only) Calibration Source added as Managed List to be specified for gage in its General tab.

Version 5.74 (060) Release Date 5/15

Stratification color and symbols can now be automatically applied to characteristics such that the color and/or symbol will change with each new item of the specified traceability field.
Added Create Work Set option from a selected analysis to create a new work set of the same name as the selected analysis and with the same characteristics (including formula). Likewise, a Create Analysis option added to Work Set branch.
New privileges: Edit Subgroup Status and Edit Subgroup Note are now distinct from the Edit Data privilege, allowing greater flexibility for operator or supervisor notes and analysis options.
The Part/Process Characteristic Loader function, used to quickly populate your database with part characteristics and their properties, now includes options to create sub-folders within the Process/Part branch, as well as the Work Set and Analysis branches (when work sets and/or analyses are also created).

Version 5.73 (059) Release Date 3/15

Export to Excel can now be applied to an analysis on a scheduled basis, either by interval (e.g. every 4 hours) or scheduled time (e.g. every Wednesday at 4 PM).
Show Chart with Filter option has been extended to analyses, both in the Process branch and the Analysis branch, to quickly filter the data in the analysis based on a specified date range and/or traceability field settings.
The Process/Part window now allows for key characteristic properties (e.g. specification limits) to be edited directly from the list, without the need to open the Edit Characteristic dialog box.
The Database Properties window now lists the most recently viewed characteristics, so the user can quickly open the charts by double-clicking from the list.
Box Whisker charts may be created based on a specified Traceability Field, so that the statistics for each traceability item (e.g. each Lot Number) is used to populate each box.
The two-step Copy/Paste options for selected items in a branch (e.g. a characteristic, a process, etc.) is replaced by a single step Duplicate option.
The Part/Process Characteristic Loader function, used to quickly populate your database with part characteristics and their properties, now includes options to create a default Analysis and/or a default Work Set for each part created.
The Show Large Gage Display option (Tools/{Preferences) has been moved from a local setting to a global database setting, renamed to Show Large Display of Work Set Readings, and expanded for use in keyboard entry as well as gage entry.
User and Gage columns can be shown in spreadsheets.

Version 5.72 (058) Release Date 12/14

New checkbox to the Plotted Data tab for both Analysis and Work Set dialogs for "Get Advanced Query from Characteristic Definitions". This allows more convenient analysis or work set level date filters in conjunction with more advanced characteristic-level filters.
Strengthened the Open Work Set, Logon and Filter (Work Set) dialog boxes to prevent a cancel when the Require property is defined for the work set.
When merging work sets, gage assignments and other properties will be created in the destination work set. Also, better protection against duplicate data.
When a work set or analysis is deleted, the user will now be prompted to delete any child characteristics that are not associated with other work sets or analyses.
Expand the Import New Keyence File option within the work set view to allow for other text file imports, such as from a Jenoptik device.
Enhanced the Generic gage settings to identify the reading containing the data to be captured.

Version 5.71 (057) Release Date 8/14

Added option to Open Logon dialog when leaving last data entry tab in work set.

Version 5.7 (056) Release Date 7/14

Autocorrelation chart added to Analysis branch to detect lack of independence within characteristic data.
Add support for Keyence device output, such as from a comparator.
Add a checkbox to the Workset Traceability Persistence option "Start with Blank Trace Values".
Resolution and RefStd fields added as optional display columns in the Gage List.
When creating a Chart with Filter, only the ACTIVE traceability fields will be displayed in the initial list.

Version 5.65 (055) Release Date 4/14

Imports from data sources can be scheduled on a time of day or interval basis, or when a specified file has been updated. This extends the current dynamic linking to data sources and the manual importing from data sources, so that data sources that are overwritten periodically (such as by measuring equipment or controllers) may be automatically captured.
Server-side alerting for a Process Monitor chart may be specified independently for each Process Monitor display. In addition, the alerting may be scheduled for specific times of day, as well as based on an interval of time.
Process Monitor displays can be limited to show only characteristics with new groups (added since last acknowledgment).
Subgroup Notes can be shown on spreadsheets. When shown, they will be included in Excel exports.
Calibration add-on allows marking gages as Reference Standard. Reference standards can then be specified in calibration templates and their properties included as bookmarks in customized reports.
Calibration add-on includes additional fields for R&R studies: Nominal value; Characteristic Name; Drawing Revision Number; Customer; Measurement Units.
Print Chart feature expanded to apply to filtered charts.

Version 5.63 (053) Release Date 10/13

Re-introduce the ability for alerting emails to be sent from the client machine for companies who do not wish to use a centralized server for scheduling offline emailing.
Improved search functionality to find processes, analyses, work sets, and characteristics based on search term, or data based on traceability field value, gage used, subgroup note or date time.
Process performance indices de-coupled from user-defined fixed control limits.
Traceability Fields can now be assigned and collected in R&R Studies (when Calibration add-on purchased).
Calibration add-on now includes ability to specify a default values for Master Value, Lower Acceptable Limit; Upper Acceptable Limit; and Step Reference. Values are specified in a spreadsheet format to permit multiple step calibrations. Pass/Fail assigned for each step.
Calibration add-on now includes titles and sub-titles for Calibration and R&R Studies.

Version 5.61 (051) Release Date 4/13

Emailing, such as for alerts, was moved to a centralized server application to remove the need for email accounts in data entry machines. This also allows for continuous monitoring of alerting functions and automated emails when no users are logged in.
Local databases can now be uploaded to centralized servers across a WAN on a scheduled basis. This allows for enhanced performance of databases running on local servers, who can then periodically (and automatically) upload recent changes to a centralized database, such as at corporate headquarters.
Characteristic control charts can now be refreshed automatically on a timed basis (e.g. every minute).
The Plot Last X feature was improved for ODBC (linked) data, now supporting Last X Days or Months, in addition to Groups.
Adding Traceability Fields to Characteristics and Work Sets is now easier, with multiple-selection capability.
The software now automatically verifies connection with the database on a continual basis, reconnecting when connection has been lost due to network issues.

Version 5.6 (050) Release Date 6/12

List windows added for each of the Explorer view branches, providing a filterable list of the items in that branch, with convenient toolbar for managing the lists, including sorting by specified columns.
Additional archive option to archive multiple characteristics' data based on date.
Consolidation/integration of sorting and alignment to spreadsheets, formula, and charts.
Drop point from chart option added to Scatter Diagrams.
Added statistic for % above and % below target for Individual and X-Bar charts.
Revision to Export to Excel function to lower security privilege necessary in MS Excel.
Manage gage calibrations and R&R studies with purchase of optional QA-Calibrate licenses (discounted for SPC users).
Enhance Work Set view Auto Advance to optionally display characteristic note (e.g. instructions to operator) when new tab displayed.
In Work Set view, Traceability Fields may now be uniquely defined for each characteristic.

Version 5.5 (048)Release Date 2/12

A major enhancement was added to improve the structure of the Explorer view tree.
Chart analyses based on filtered queries of a characteristic can now be conveniently created and managed directly in the Characteristic branch. The child characteristics are displayed beneath their parent, indented and color-coded for easy differentiation. Additional work sets and analyses can be subsequently linked to the parent or child, as desired.
Default Analysis: Define a default analysis for a process to limit the need for creating and managing analyses in the Analysis branch. For example, use the default process monitor chart for the process and view the process monitor window directly from the Process branch.
Default Work Sets: Users with the real-time Work Set option can now define a default work set for a process to limit the need for creating and managing work sets in the Work Set branch. The default work set can be opened directly from the Process branch.
Dynamic Work Sets: Users with the real-time Work Set option can now define filter criteria to be applied upon opening. This will permit more general definition of data collection work sets, so that a specific data collection session can then be limited to a given type of data (based on a traceability field: for example, part size; supplier; customer; and so on).
Names associated with each branch (for example, a process name or a characteristic name) can be edited directly in the branch, without the need to open the Define... dialog box.
When a process or one of its characteristics is used in an analysis or work set, a convenient Go To menu option is added to the Process (or Characteristic) menu to quickly locate the analysis or work set.
ODBC query criteria may be copied between characteristics.
When external data is analyzed, the control limits can now be based on a query criteria distinct from the plotted data. This allows, for example, the ability to view only recent data on the chart, but have its control limits based on historical data not shown on the chart.
When importing qdb files (from prior versions of SPC-PC IV), ODBC link parameters are now saved with the imported characteristic.

Version 5.41 (045) Release Date 1/11

A number of options have been added to conveniently specify a chart's title and subtitle based on the process and/or characteristic name, as well as user-defined custom entries. These properties, including custom labels, may be copied to other characteristics using the Copy Property feature.
The Copy Property feature has been improved to allow for selection of multiple properties to be copied to multiple characteristics. Traceability Fields may now also be copied. In addition, the control limit calculation property may also be copied from/to the first region of a characteristic.
A Subgroup Note (its specific contents, or its existence) may now be used as a filter option for a characteristic's Plotted Data. The filtering option has been generally improved through addition of a filter for null conditions of a specified field.
Formula characteristics in work sets and analyses will by default display the traceability fields associated with the first characteristic applied in the formula.

Version 5.4 (044) Release Date 11/10

The order of the Characteristics within a Process or Analysis may be customized (previously an alphabetical order was used).
User-defined lines, such as Working Limits, may be added to control charts. These lines may be formatted by color, weight, style and label.
The style and color of control limits, warning limits, zone lines, and specification lines may be user-defined.
Process monitor chart display now indicates the number of new subgroups added since the last acknowledgment, allowing the user to review analyses and check for issues even where alerts conditions are not violated.
A search utility has been added for locating (for example) characteristics by name (or partial name), or for finding data collected in a specified data range or that includes specific Traceability items.
Folders may now be placed within other folders, allowing elements to be grouped similar to how files are organized within hierarchal folders on a physical network.
Titles and sub-titles may now be separately specified (separately from characteristic name).
The length of Work Set, Process, and Characteristic Notes has been extended beyond 255 characters.
For linked data, Traceability field values may be substituted with numeric Values for purpose of analysis.

Version 5.3 (043) Release Date 11/09

Stack option for the Pareto charts added to allow for each bar to be delineated by the count of a specified Traceability field. For example, if each bar in the Pareto represents the error type, you might choose a stack parameter such as "Department" to indicate where the error had occurred. This would have the effect of creating groupings within each Pareto bar, with the height of the grouping based on the relative count of the stack parameter within the bar's total count.
Added specification and target lines to Attribute control charts.
Option to assign a common date/time stamp for all Characteristics in a given data collection pass within a Work Set. This allows for more convenient viewing of data in a Work Set spreadsheet.
Analyses may now be created directly from Work Sets, and vice versa. Formulas are also carried over as well.
New Characteristics may be created directly from Analyses and Work Sets.
Statistics and data may now be copied into the clipboard from the Process Monitor charts.
When changes are made to the Date/Time or Traceability data within a Process, Workset or Analysis spreadsheet, a default setting within the Process, Work Set or Analysis will be applied to save the changes to all the Characteristics in the spreadsheet.
Added an option to Work Set data collection to Prompt for each Subgroup-First Characteristic only. This enhances the current option for prompting by limiting the prompt to only the first Characteristic in each data entry pass.

Version 5.22 (042) Release Date 12/08

The Edit Characteristic Privilege has been expanded so that each Tab can be shown or hidden for each Privilege level.
Traceability Fields can be conveniently dragged into Process Characteristics and Work Sets from the Explorer view's Traceability branch.
New Traceability Fields can also be added from the Define Characteristic's Traceability tab.
The Moving Range chart display may be turned off for an I-MR chart.Email addresses are now a component of User Properties, so that when users are made inactive you are prompted to also remove them from email alerts.
Chart title font is now editable in the Work Set view tabs.Option added to display the Histogram statistics (cell boundary/count table) to Exports to MS Word.
Added Edit buttons to the Data Form to allow for rapid access for editing data or traceability items, such as when entering via a gage in the Work Set view when Auto Advance used.
Gage properties may now be edited directly from the Work Set view.
Gages may be added or edited when defining Work Sets.
Gages can be conveniently assigned to a Work Set Characteristic by dragging the gage onto the Work Set Characteristic from the Explorer view's Gage branch.
Gages may be copied for ease in defining new gages.
Added support for Starrett Data Sure wireless data collector.
Added a check box option in Work Set properties to "Require User to Enter Traceability Items".

Version 5.21 (041) Release Date 10/08

It's much easier to create control charts or multiple characteristic analyses based on external data: just open the Excel, text or QDB file and select the chart type. There's no need to import the data first, but you can easily import the data using a prompt when the spreadsheet is closed.
Drag and Drop Excel, Text or QDB files directly into the Explorer viewing pane.
You can also create new control charts or multiple characteristic analyses from a blank spreadsheet without the need to create the process or analysis characteristic first.
Formula Characteristics now support user-defined control limits.
Added simple checkbox option to use target as control chart centerline.
Copy the list of active processes, analyses, users, worksets, etc. directly to the clipboard for paste and print from Word/Excel/Notepad.
List the most recently opened Characteristics, Worksets, Analyses and Files on the Explorer File menu.
Assignable Cause and Corrective Action field lengths were increased to 50 characters.

Version 5.20 (040) Release Date 6/08

Selected Characteristic properties can be applied to any other selected Characteristic, allowing for rapid editing of Characteristics in the database.
Entire Processes, Work Sets and Analyses may be copied to quickly build the database.
Pareto Options expanded to allow Pareto whose columns are defined by a Traceability Field (ex: Product ID) and column height provided by the count of occurrences for the selected Characteristics.
Options added to Process Monitor charts allowing the user to designate the specific Statistics displayed in each Process Monitor chart. In addition the default Statistics from the user Preferences are displayed when a characteristic is selected. First Pass Yield also added to list of Statistics for both Variables and Attributes data.
User Privileges added to limit display (and accessibility) to selected users of each Explorer view branch (User; Privilege; Process; Work Set; Traceability; Analysis; Report; Gage; Imports).
The Open Work Set dialog box now presents a Tree view for selecting the Work Set from within a folder, just as seen in the Explorer view.
The variable sample size option for Attribute p and u charts expanded to ODBC linked data.

Version 5.10 (039) Release Date 3/08

Export to MS Word for creating and storing customized reports, including Certificates of Analysis. Integrates with Word's templates to ensure consistent and fully-customizable look and feel.
Linked data may be analyzed using multiple control limit regions.
Subgroup definition based on Traceability Field contents. Ability to drill-down on Traceability Fields in Analyses and Worksets.
Quick-add Analysis from Process branch. Improved Subject Line for Alert Emails.

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