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Path Analyzer

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This functionality is only available in Process for Six Sigma and above.

Calculations for paths or processes depend upon data supplied about activities in the process such as task yield or number of defects a task generates. You may perform critical path analysis with this tool; for example, the sum of cycle times reported from simulation to find the longest path.

The sequence for doing a path analysis is something like this:

  1. Set up the analysis with the Analysis Manager. This includes creating a new analysis, editing analyses, and even importing and exporting analyses.

  2. Use the Path Analyzer window to view and analyze the results of your defined analyses for any paths that begin with a start point or a generate here shape.

Task

Procedure

Define a new analysis

  1. On the Six Sigma menu, choose Path Analyzer.

  2. Click the Analysis Manager button.

  3. In the Analysis Manager dialog box, click the Add button.

  4. Type a name for your analysis, enter a brief description, select a calculation, and select a data column name from the list or define one by clicking the Define button.

  5. Select a check box for one or more of the following analysis levels. Choose:

    • Each path to calculate analysis at the path level.

    • Entire process to calculate analysis at the process level.

    • Entire document to calculate analysis at the document level while considering process and subprocesses.

  6. Specify how to handle undefined values for data in a path and click OK.

Edit an existing analysis

  1. On the Six Sigma menu, choose Path Analyzer.

  2. Click the Analysis Manager button.

  3. In the Analysis Manager dialog box, select an analysis name and change the definition. You may need to click Define to change a data column definition.

Delete an existing analysis

  1. On the Six Sigma menu, choose Path Analyzer.

  2. Click the Analysis Manager button.

  3. In the Analysis Manager dialog box, select an analysis name and click the Delete button.

    The analysis is removed from the Analyses list.

Import an analysis

  1. On the Six Sigma menu, choose Path Analyzer.

  2. Click the Analysis Manager button.

  3. In the Analysis Manager dialog box, click the Import button.

  4. Use the Import Analyses dialog box to locate an analysis (*.xml) file and click OK.

    The import analysis appears in the Analyses list of the Analysis Manager dialog box.

Export an analysis

  1. On the Six Sigma menu, choose Path Analyzer.

  2. Click the Analysis Manager button.

  3. In the Analysis Manager dialog box, click the Export button.

  4. Use the Export Analysis dialog box to locate the destination for the analysis file.

  5. Type the export file name and click OK.

View the Path Analyzer and its analyses

  1. On the Six Sigma menu, choose Path Analyzer.

  2. Click on a process, path, or swimlane to select it and display associated activities in the right pane of the window.

    Selecting a path, swimlane, or activity also highlights the corresponding portion of the process map.

Add (Enter) analysis data in the Path Analyzer

In the Path Analyzer, for Entered data (vs. Custom Data or Simulation data) click the process, path, or swimlane and then enter data in the appropriate cell in the right pane of the window.

The left and right panes of the window display the analyses that you set up earlier.

Copy or Print analysis data

Select information in the left pane of the Path Analyzer window, and then right-click in either pane and choose Copy or Print.

Related Topics

Fit Data

Control Process Flow with RapiDOE

Modify Process Parameters with RapiDOE

Design and Run an Experiment with RapiDOE

Log Transactions

Export Report

Generate FMEA

See Also

Path Analyzer Reference

DOE and Simulation Methodology