Quality and Reliability Methods - SAS

Chapter 11 Pareto Plots 185
Pareto Plots
Options for Bars
You can highlight a bar by clicking on it. Use Control-click (-click on the Macintosh) to select multiple
bars that are not contiguous. When you select bars, you can access the commands on the platform menu
that affect Pareto plot bars. They are found on the Causes submenu on the platform popup menu. These
options are also available with a right-click (Control-click on the Macintosh) anywhere in the plot area. The
following options apply to highlighted bars instead of to the chart as a whole.
Combine Causes
Separate Causes
combines selected (highlighted) bars.
separates selected bars into their original component bars.
Move to First
Move to Last
moves one or more highlighted bars to the left (first) position.
moves one or more highlighted bars to the right (last) position.
Colors
shows the colors palette for coloring one or more highlighted bars.
Markers shows the markers palette for assigning a marker to the points on the cumulative percent curve,
when the Show Cum Percent Points command is in effect.
Label displays the bar value at the top of all highlighted bars.
The example Pareto plot on the left in Figure 11.7 is the default plot with a bar for each cause of failure. The
example on the right shows combined bars. To combine bars, first select Causes > Combine to launch the
Combine Causes dialog window. Complete the dialog as shown below.
Figure 11.6 Combine Causes
You can separate the highlighted bars into original categories with the Separate Causes option.