In order to export all of the required data from Minitab®, Minitab® macros must meet certain requirements.
Measure values to be displayed in a dashboard must not merely be contained in the analysis graphics, they must also be accessible independently, so that they can be exported from Minitab® as individual measures. Exporting individual measure values is only possible using the Minitab® worksheet. This means that analysis results must be inserted into the worksheet using the Minitab® macro. Minitab® analyses provide an option to explicitly save measure values. When running evaluations, the measure values are automatically saved in the current worksheet and the columns are given the name of the relevant measure. During a session, renaming the column is recorded using the Name<column no.> ‚’<measure name>', e.g., Name c14 'Cpk' and saved by a sub-command within the analysis in the form <measure> '<column name>'; , e.g., CPK 'Cpk;'
The associated graphics to be displayed in dashboards must have been created.
The macro must not contain hard-coded saving of Minitab® analyses. Saving is carried out automatically when exporting.
The macros created are language-specific in most cases. This dependency is based on the use of the column headers in the analysis descriptions.
In order for the macros to be used in different PPM login languages in PPM, when inserting the macros into the current analysis the current PPM interface language is saved as a parameter in the plug-in. If this macro is then called up from an interface with a different language than the saved one, the data is still exported in the language specified in the plug-in. Otherwise, it would not be possible to run the macro in Minitab®.
Please note that when calling up Minitab® to record the macro and when assigning the macro to a current paramset, the same PPM login language must be used. Compliance with this condition cannot be supported by the system - it is up to the user.