
Once there, you can change the number of rows and columns as in the graph below. To put them all together, go to Editor – Layout Tool, then add the graphs in the locations you want. For example, let’s say you have the following graphs created separately and you want to put them on a single graph with multiple panels. The result for the previous example (4 rows x 1 column) looks like this: Another scenario you might encounter is that you have different graphs and you want to put them all together. 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.
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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.

For example, let’s say that you want to identify the points above 30 in the following time series plot. In such cases, you might want to identify specific points in the graph.

When you create a time series plot with lots of data points, there’s no way of having a tick mark in the X-axis for each of the points. Label specific points in time series plots Include details as footnote for all graphsĬhange colors and symbols for different groups in the data
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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.
