Creating Pareto Graphs

You can create Pareto plots that show the relative effects of the factors on a response as determined by the data set's regression analysis. Pareto plots are available for DOE, Monte Carlo, and Six Sigma components.

  1. Select the component for which you want to create a Pareto plot from the model explorer on the left side of the gateway, and click the Graphs or Graph Templates tab.

    The contents of the tab appear with the selected component’s name displayed at the top of the tab.

  2. Verify that the proper page is selected at the bottom of the tab. By default, Page 1 is used. You can create multiple pages using the <New> tab.

  3. Create a Pareto plot by doing any of the following:

    • Click the Graph button below the component title bar.
    • Click the button next to the Graph button, and select Pareto Plot.
    • Double-click the Pareto plot's icon displayed on the toolbar next to the Graph and Table buttons. You can also drag and drop the icon onto the grid.

      Tip: You can control the icons that are displayed on the toolbar by clicking the Visual Palette button and moving graphs from the Available list to the Selected list. You can also drag the icons on the toolbar to arrange the icons more efficiently.

  4. If you created the graph by using the Graph button, do the following:

    1. Select Pareto Plot from the Graph Creation Wizard.
    2. Click Next.

  5. Select the responses:

    1. Click a response to select responses individually.
    2. Click Select All to choose all the responses.
    3. Click Deselect All to remove your selections.
    4. Click Next.

  6. Set the following options as desired:

    • Regression Analysis Order. You can set this option to either Linear or Quadratic (if the data allow for this setting).

    • Show bars as. You can set the bars in the graph to show either absolute values or actual values.

    • Terms to show. You can specify the terms to show by either selecting all terms, those within a certain range, or those in relation to a specific percentage.

  7. Click Next.

  8. On the Creation Summary screen that appears, review and verify the information.

  9. Click Finish.

    Isight adds the graphs to the gateway.