Series.md

Process Control Chart Capability Options

Series

Series - Default Settings

"Series" Capability options help in setting display properties of line and dots that plot data points. Figure 1 and Figure 2 show default settings for "Series" and a control chart with defaults for "Series".

Figure 1. “Series” Default Option Settings.	Figure 2. Process Control Chart with default settings for "Series".

Option	Default Value	Description
Dot Fill	#005C55	Color of dots indicating data points
Dot Size	2	Size of dots indicating data points
Line Fill	rgb(102, 212, 204)	Color of line segments connecting data points
Thickness	3	Size of line segments connecting data points
Split Date		Date to split the data. Useful in visualizing process improvement impact

Series - Dot Fill, Dot Size, Line Fill, Line Size

Following example shows customized Dot and Line settings. In this example, the Color of Dots are set to a Yellowish shade and size to 4, Line color is set to a shade of Purple while thickness is reduced to 1.

Figure 3. Dot Fill, Dot Size, Line Fill, Line Size customized	Figure 4. Process Control Chart with customized Dot Fill, Dot Size, Line Fill, Line Size

Series - Split Date

One of the practical uses of process control chart is to visualize the impact of process improvement initiatives. In process quality control for example, process improvement goals involve reducing mean defects and daily variation of defects. Process Control Chart Visual helps with this by letting its users specify the date on which process improvement initiatives were introduced. Process Control Chart will split the series in to two segments, before and after this "Split Date" and will plot them against old and new control limits.

Figure 5. "Split Date" defined	Figure 6. Process Control Chart with Series split on "Split Date"