You can change the layout of the panels by double click on any of the panel labels, Go to Arrangement, click on Custom, change the number of rows and columns, and click OK. When you create a graph with panels in Minitab, the graph will be created with a predefined layout of panels. If you have the same preference as me, you can go to: Tools – Options, once there go to Graphics – Panels – Options, then select ‘ Don’t alternate panels’. My personal reference is to have the ticks for the X-axis at the bottom and the ticks for the Y-axis at the left, as shown below. When you create a plot with panels in Minitab, the default setting is to alternate the ticks between the panels as in the figure below. For example, if I want to use the Measurement column as labels, the IF function would be: if(‘Measurement’ > 30, Text(‘Measurement’), “”) The workaround for this is to write the IF function as follows: if( condition, Text( NumericColumn), “”). You can use numeric columns as labels but if you do so, you’ll get asterisks (*) on the points without labels. To use numeric columns as labels convert them to text inside the IF function.
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A workaround to create “control charts” with labels is to first calculate the control limits using a control chart then create a time series plot using the control limits as reference lines.
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Please download the Minitab file with the data sets so you can follow along.ĭon’t alternate ticks in graphs with panels In this post I’ll show you 5 great Minitab graphs tricks.