Quality and Reliability Methods - SAS

Chapter 17 Forecasting Product Reliability 315
Reliability Forecast Platform Options
If the Prediction interval is selected, the Prediction Interval Settings option appears on the menu.
Approximate intervals are initially shown on the graph. Select Monte Carlo Sample Size or Random
Seed to specify those values instead. To use the system clock, enter a missing number.
Use Contract Length Determines whether the specified contract length is considered in the forecast.
This option works the same as selecting Use Contract Length next to the graphs.
Use Failure Cost
Shows failure cost rather than the number of failed units on the future risk graph.
Save Forecast Data Table Saves the cumulative and sequential number of returns in a new data table,
along with the variables that you selected in the launch window. For grouped analyses, table names
include the group ID and the word “Aggregated”. And existing returns are included in the aggregated
data tables.
Reliability Forecast Platform Options
The red triangle menu for the Reliability Forecast report has the following options:
Save Data in Time to Event Format
Saves Nevada or Dates data in a Time to Event formatted table.
Show Legend
Shows or hides a legend for the Observed Data report. Unavailable for Time to Event data.
Show Graph Filter Shows or hides the Graph Filter so you can select which production periods to display
on the Observed Data graphs. Bars fade for deselected periods. Deselect the periods to show the graph in
its original state. Unavailable for Time to Event data.
Script Contains analysis and scripting options that are available to all platforms. See Using JMP for more
information about the options.