Use a view to create a graph with a subset of data

With Minitab Connect you can easily subset your data. The analyst wants to customize options for a subset of data.

Create a data view with a filter on the data

In the previous section, the analyst created a graph that shows the number of acceptances for all email and social media offers for all genre types. The manager of the mystery book division wants a custom graph to study the offer response rates to only the mystery selections. First, create a view using a filter for Mystery.

  1. From the Prep Tool , open the Filters tab.
  2. Click on the Add Filter field and select Genre.
    1. In the next expression field, select Equal.
    2. In the last field, enter Mystery.
  3. Select Run to filter the data.
  4. Select Save to save this view.
  5. Under View, select New View and enter a Name. For this example, enter Mystery Offers.
  6. Select Save.

Use the saved view to create a chart

From the previous section, Change the graph type, the analyst has a graph that shows the number of acceptances for all the email offers and all social media offers on the same scale. We can duplicate this graph, but this time, focusing only on the mystery book purchases.

  1. Open the Visualize Tool .
  2. On the Fields tab, change the first dropdown list, from Current Config to Mystery Offers.
  3. Select Run to generate your chart.
  4. Select Save to save this visual.
  5. Under Visual, select New Visual and enter a Name. For this example, enter Mystery Offers on Same Scale.

This graph shows the number of acceptances of all email and social media offers for mystery book purchases, by date using the same scale for easy comparison.