Link cause groups to characteristics

Causes can be assigned to characteristic samples. Related causes are organized into cause groups. When a cause group is linked to a characteristic by linking both of them to the same category, an SPC chart user will be able to select from that group’s causes when assigning a cause to a sample of that characteristic.

You can link one or more cause groups to one or more characteristics using one category. Also, a cause group or characteristic can be included in multiple categories.

It is recommended that you use a given category to only link items or to only link cause groups to characteristics.

Link cause groups to characteristics

1. Select the category to which you want to assign a cause group.

2. In the bottom pane, go to the Cause Groups tab.

3. Do one of the following:

   • Right-click in the tab and on the context menu click Add Link.

   • On the ribbon, go to the Current View tab and in the Cause Groups group click Add Link.

   The Add Cause Group dialog box appears.

   

4. Select the cause groups you want to link to characteristics and click OK.

5. In the bottom pane, go to the Characteristics tab.

6. Do one of the following:

   • Right-click in the tab and on the context menu click Add Link.

   • On the ribbon, go to the Current View tab and in the Characteristics group click Add Link.

   The Add Characteristic Links dialog box appears.

   

7. Optionally enter filter criteria to list the set of characteristics from which you want to choose or leave the criteria blank to list all characteristics.

8. Click Apply filters.

   

9. Select the characteristics to which you want to link the cause groups and click OK.

10. Save the changes.