Use the Minitab Connect
Prep tool 
to prepare and
organize your data for analysis.
to prepare and
organize your data for analysis. When the Prep tool is open, Minitab Connect displays all your data in a spreadsheet-like interface.
Often, the first step in data analysis is to prepare your data. In many cases, you have too much data or incorrectly formatted data. While all the data are included in the data table, you can add filters and views to create useful subsets of data.
The Prep tool has helpful functionality to do the following:
- Add data to an existing table
- Export data to an external application, such as Minitab® Statistical Software
- Create a custom data view with the data fields that you specify
- Create a data subset using a filter
- Design and run a custom data preparation
- Sort the data according to a data field or data prep
- Sum the data in the fields
- Change the display orientation
- Add a note on a specific data value
- Export a data report
- Create live data transformations with custom SQL
Other Minitab Connect tools
Each tool in Minitab Connect performs a specific job, but all the tools seamlessly work together to allow for quick
and flexible access to your data and analyses. Often, you may need to switch between a few
tools to complete a task. Here are the other tools that you can explore.
- Use the Base Tool
to add or modify a data table. - Use the Flow Tool
to automate the movement of data
between the platform and external sources. You can also create data processes to clean
the data before loading into the table. - Use the Visualize Tool
to create graphs. - Use the SPC Tool
to monitor your processes. - Use the Audit Tool
to see the details of your data table.
