The station must be Online and Running to start a data collection.
Each sampling plan must be defined within the product/process template. For more information, go to Define a new sampling plan. Specify the data collection methods and data sources at the appropriate station. For more information, go to Example of specifying data sources for a sampling plan.
If you use a Connect data table as your data source, Real-Time SPCTM retrieves the latest subgroup from the Connect data table and populates the data collection form for that measure or descriptor.
The column of defects indicates the total count of all defects in the unit. The column of defectives indicates Pass or Fail for each unit. If a unit fails, the number in parenthesis indicates the number of reasons for failing. For instance, Fail (3) means that the unit is defective and contains 3 of the defective types.
A measure that creates an I-MR chart can have only one observation.