Blank Xbar or individuals control chart

This macro creates a blank Xbar or Individuals control chart where the control limits are based on historical information. There are two choices for obtaining the control limits: Calculate the control limits based on a historical mean and a historical sigma or directly enter the values for the historical upper and lower control limits.

Download the Macro

Be sure that Minitab knows where to find your downloaded macro. Choose File > Options > General. Under Macro location browse to the location where you save macro files.

Important

If you use an older web browser, when you click the Download button, the file may open in Quicktime, which shares the .mac file extension with Minitab macros. To save the macro, right-click the Download button and choose Save target as.

Download BLANKCH.mac

Required Inputs

Mean value
Either sigma and subgroup size, or upper and lower control limits
Number of subgroups
X-axis label
Y-axis label
Title

Optional Inputs

DEFS: Use to create the chart without specifying X- and Y-axis labels for the chart.

Running the Macro

To run the macro, choose View > Command Line/History. Type the following:

%BLANKCH

Press Run.