In order to evaluate the relevant data in Minitab®, you must first set the query criteria (measures, dimensions, scaling, etc.) for your analysis in PPM. The data calculated in PPM is then exported to Minitab® for further evaluation.
Regardless of your current analysis view, e.g., chart or list table, the data is output as a process instance table by default. Alternatively, you can use the Minitab® options to set the data to be exported from PPM to Minitab® as a list table.
If you have not set a sort direction in your list table view or process instance table view, the data is automatically sorted when it is exported; first all measures, then all dimensions, in each case in ascending alphabetical order of their key.
Prerequisite
You have configured the Minitab®connection for PPM (see chapter Configure the Minitab® link).
Procedure
The data for your analysis is exported to Minitab® as a list table.
The data is configured and can be evaluated in Minitab®.
The analysis data is exported from PPM in a special csv format, similar to the format of the csv import files for the CSV-2-PPM process extractor. In addition to the default csv format, with a comma as the separator and a full stop as the decimal separator, the column names displayed in PPM for the set query criteria are also exported. The formatting settings are transferred to Minitab® when it is called up, which enables Minitab® to read the PPM CSV format correctly, regardless of its settings.
Table columns with date format are transferred to Minitab® in a fixed format for the set step width regardless of their labeling in the user interface. The PPM interface language converts the date into the relevant language for your computer's regional settings, as these are the settings used by Minitab®. If conversion to this language is not possible (e.g., Croatian, Polish, etc.), the English date format is used.