Link a characteristic to a QM specification

A QM specification determines the characteristics that are to be sampled and analyzed for various SPC charts and rules.

You can assign or link multiple characteristics to a QM specification.

At least one characteristic must be linked to a QM specification.

Link a characteristic to a QM specification

1. Select the QM specification.

2. Go to the Characteristics 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 click Add Link.

   The Add Characteristic Links dialog box appears.

4. Optionally, specify search terms to filter the list of characteristics to select.

   To list all available characteristics , do not specify any search terms.

5. Click Apply Filters.

   The bottom pane appears, which lists the characteristics that are available to be linked to the QM specification and that match the filter if search terms were entered appear in the bottom pane.

   

6. Select the characteristics you want to assign to the QM specification and click OK.

   The selected characteristics are added to the Characteristics tab.

7. For each characteristic that was added, complete the settings in its Properties window as needed. See Properties for a characteristic linked to a QM specification.

8. Save the changes.

You can delete the characteristics assigned to a QM specification when multiple characteristics are linked to it. However, you cannot delete a characteristic when there is only one characteristic linked to a QM specification.