Project interface
Everything related to your project is saved in a single project file. The project file is where you develop and maintain the project roadmap. The roadmap organizes your project into phases. As you go through each phase, you add and complete the tools, forms, documents, and analyses you use to execute your project.
You use tools and forms to collect data about your project. For example, you can use a mapping tool to map the process that is failing, a brainstorming tool to capture possible reasons why the process is failing, and forms to analyze and document the steps you are taking to improve the process.
Projects can have
the following components.
- 1: Navigator pane
- The area where you access the management tools and roadmap tools in your project.
- 2: Management section
- The set of forms in a project template that contain project data, such as Business Unit, Department, or Location, which are common to all projects. These forms ensure that project data is collected consistently across all projects.
- 3: Roadmap
- The area where you add tools and forms and organize your project into phases.
- 4: Workspace
- The area where you view and edit tools.
- 5: Task pane
- The area where you interact with items in the workspace, for example, add data to shapes, apply formatting, and more.
Attach files to your project
You can attach non-Workspace files or web pages to your project so you can directly access them.
Insert a Minitab project
- Choose . Workspace opens a Minitab project and adds it to your Workspace project.
-
Use
Minitab to analyze your data, then save your work
and exit
Minitab.
Workspace
saves the latest version of your
Minitab project.
Note
When you rename a Minitab project, the new name is only displayed in Workspace, not in Minitab.
Open or disable project backup files (BAK)
Workspace automatically saves a backup copy of a project each time that you open the project. Workspace keeps the most recent 25 backup projects. A backup file contains the contents of the project as they were the last time you opened the project successfully. The backup file has a .bak extension and is located in a hidden folder on your computer.
Open a backup file
- Choose .
- Select the Browse button.
- In the address bar at the top of the dialog, enter this path: %localappdata%\minitab\Minitab Workspace\Backups\
- Select All (*.*) as the file type.
- Select the backup file, then select Open.
- Choose and save a new copy of the project to your usual save location.
Disable automatic backup files
- Choose .
- Select the Save tab.
- Deselect Create a backup file when I open a project.
- Click OK.
Watch a video
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