Do you hate redoing the same work over and over again and wish there was a simpler way? Automate your analyses with Minitab Macros. Set aside time to review this deck and we will help you get started saving hours and performing statistical analysis with minimal user input. You will learn how to: • Build 3 types of macros to automate a series of procedures or instantly format graphs. • Add a button to the Minitab ribbon menu that launches your macro. • Edit session commands to instantaneously import data and perform analyses. If you want to see the recording of an on-demand webinar based on this presentation, you can go here: https://hubs.ly/H0bLg1F0

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Tips from the Experts:
Fast-track Your
Data Analysis with
Basic Macros
Erin O’Shaughnessy

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Over 90% of Fortune 100 companies use Minitab to
improve the quality of their products and processes.

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Erin helps customers get more out
of their data and improve their
processes using Minitab. She
graduated from Penn State with a
degree in applied statistics.
Meet the Presenter:
Erin
O’Shaughnessy
Minitab Technical Support and Training Specialist,
Minitab Macros Expert

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AGENDA
• Benefits of Macros
• Sample of Recent Projects
• Overview of Minitab Macros
• Session commands
• Types of macros
• Set Up Your Minitab Environment
• Enabling session commands
• Adding a button to launch your macro
• Create Your Macro
• Building a macro
• Incorporating graph edits
• Debugging tips
• Q&A

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Benefits of Macros
Save time
Automate
workflow
Long-term payoff:
1 click

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Sample of Recent Projects
•Little Rock Air
Force Base
•Boeing
•Sandia National
Labs
•Magellan
Aerospace
Aerospace / Defense
•Tenneco
•General Motors
•TRW Automotive
Automotive
•Minitab
•Philips
Ultrasound
•Wyndham
Customer Service
•Hospira
•Boehringer-
Ingelheim
•Abbott
Laboratories
•Draeger Medical
Systems
Pharmaceuticals / Medical Devices
•Chase
Corporation
•Cormetech
•Cristal USA
Material Science

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Session Commands
► Run any analysis by entering
commands in Session window
• Only first four letters of a
command are needed
• Capitalization doesn’t matter
► Commands are collected in History
window
► Collect commands in a text file to
automate an analysis

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Non-disclosure Statement
All results and scenarios are based on
the authors’ actual experiences.
Data units, variable names, etc. have been changed
for confidentiality reasons.

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3 Different Types of Minitab Macros
Exec Global Local

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Exec Macros
► The simplest type of macro.
► Reruns a series of commands.

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Exec Macros (*.MTB)
Use to automate routine tasks.
► Sequence of Minitab commands
► No specific structure
GSummary 'Fill Weight';
By 'Shift'.
Plot 'Fill Weight'*'Study Hour';
Symbol;
Connect;
Panel 'Head'.

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Global Macros
► Allow If/Then/Else statements
and Do loops.

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Global Macros (*.MAC)
Provide more functionality than
Execs.
Allow control statements:
► IF, ELSEIF, ELSE, ENDIF
► DO, ENDDO
► WHILE, ENDWHILE
GMACRO
macroname
[Minitab commands]
ENDMACRO

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Local
Macros
► Create your own
Minitab commands.

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Local Macros (*.MAC)
Use to create your own Minitab
commands.
Allows:
► Main commands
► Subcommands
► Arguments
MACRO
macroname data;
macrosub p.
mcolumns data
mconstants p
[Minitab commands]
ENDMACRO

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Set Up Your Minitab Environment
► Specify macros directory
► Enable session commands
► Add a button to launch macro
Create Your Macro
➢ Weekly Report
➢ Descriptive Statistics
➢ Control Chart
➢ Boxplot
Example
Is color consistent over time?
A company uses plastic pellets to
manufacture the outer monitor case.
Color (L value for 5 monitors measured every
4 hours)

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