For information about data considerations, examples, and interpretation, go to Overview for Time Series Plot.
Enter one or more columns of time-ordered numeric data that you want to graph.
Label the x-axis with values from a column that contain date/time, numeric, or text values for the scale. For example, on the following time series plot, the column specifies the shift and day.
C1-T |
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Shift and Day |
S1D1 |
S2D1 |
S3D1 |
... |
Set the following layout options.
When you enter multiple By variables, Minitab enables the Show all combinations checkbox. Select this option to create a separate plot for each combination of groups created by the By variables. If you do not select this option, Minitab creates a plot for each group of each By variable.
For example, the first By variable has 2 groups, Male and Female, and the second By variable has 2 groups, Employed and Unemployed. If you select Show all combinations, Minitab creates 4 separate plots for the combinations of Male/Employed, Male/Unemployed, Female/Employed, and Female/Unemployed. If you do not select Show all combinations, Minitab creates 4 separate plots for Male, Female, Employed, and Unemployed.
Select how you want to display the y-scale.
Make the Y-scale the same across multiple panels.