When a Characteristic goes outside of its limits the user is able to specify the cause.
Associate all the causes that could be attributed to each characteristic going outside its limits.
It is not mandatory for a Characteristic to have a Cause assigned to it. However, if it doesn't have a Cause assigned then no Violation screen will appear in VDC when a measurement is out of the control limits.
1. Select the Variable tab.
2. Click Chars/Causes.
A list of the existing characteristics and their associated actions is displayed.
3. Drag the required Cause from the Available Items pane to a characteristic in the left pane.
It's possible to select several causes at once by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking each required item.
The characteristic is associated to the cause.
This can be done in two ways.
Select an item and click Delete
or
Drag and drop the cause to the recycle bin.
The list of Characteristic/Cause associations can be exported to either an Excel or PDF file.
Click the Excel (
) or PDF (
) button at the bottom of the screen and enter the required details to save the file.