Enter and edit sample results

The Sample Viewer allows users to enter the results of the selected sample or the characteristic within the sample. Users can also edit existing results for the characteristic.

Users must have the privileges to edit sample information to add new results or edit existing results.

Results cannot be entered or edited for samples with the following conditions:

• If the sample status is Future or Missed

• If the sample to which the characteristic is associated is marked as Final

  Users click the Edit Results button to open the Edit Sample Results dialog box.

The Edit Sample Results dialog box allows users to navigate through the grid such that it works best when you enter the characteristic results.

The following tasks can be performed:

• From the list, select a characteristic for the sample.

• Find: Click Find to move focus within the grid to the column (or row if characteristics are displayed as rows) that contains the selected characteristic. The cursor moves to the first available result record for the selected characteristic.

• Enter in Data Editor moves to next...: Control the behavior of where the focus moves to next after a result value is entered. Choose whether the Enter key moves the focus in the grid to the next characteristic for the same result value or the next result value for the same characteristic.

• Show Characteristics in the grid as...: Select whether characteristics are listed as columns or rows. By default, the result number is shown as the first column in the grid and then the characteristics are listed in the remaining columns. If Rows is selected, the characteristic names are listed in rows in the first column of the table and the result numbers are listed in the remaining columns.

• Navigate to the previous or next sample by clicking the Previous or Next buttons.

If the resulting characteristic is a variable type, the following tasks can be performed:

• Set the value for an existing result

• Add new results and set the value for the new results

If the characteristic has a maximum sample size set, users can add the results until the total number of results equals the maximum number of samples for the characteristic.

If the resulting characteristic is an attribute type, the following tasks can be performed:

• Set the count value for the attribute.

  For counted attributes, the count value is the total number of defects in the entire sample. For binary attributes, the count value is the number of defective units in the sample. This value cannot be larger than the sample size.

• Set the sample size, if the sample size of the attribute characteristic is not fixed.

  When a sample that contains both variable and attribute characteristics is edited, additional rows available for the variable characteristics are disabled for all attribute characteristics.

If the characteristic has upper or lower reasonable values defined by a QM specification, these values are enforced when the data is entered. Users can also record the equipment that is used to measure the characteristic result data.

The following tasks must be performed after entering or editing the results:

• Save the characteristic result data.

• Check the data for rule violations before saving it. The user is prompted to verify the data if any rule violations are found.

When entering data, any individual results outside the specification limits must be saved or cancelled. At this point, the system only checks specification limits and not rule violations.