#### Exception Reports

The Exception Reports submenu contains two menu items to display all of the out of tolerance and/or out of control measurements for the selected variable(s). You can choose an Out of Spec or Variable report.

The report displays different data depending on its configuration settings.

Sample Report

Creating Exception Reports:

1. 1. Access the Text tab.

   2. Click the Text Report icon.

   3. Select Exception Reports.

   4. Choose either Out of Spec or Variable Report.

Configuring Exception Reports:

1. 1. Access the Text tab.

   2. Click the Text Report Options icon.

   3. Select Exception Report. The Options dialog box appears.

You can use this dialog box to configure the report to display out of tolerance variables, out of control variables, or variables that are out of tolerance and/or out of control by using the Print if out of: list.

Print if out of - This list contains these items:

- - OutTol - Displays those items that are out of tolerance.
    The following information is displayed in the report: Variable Name, Transaction Number, Out of Tolerance Check, Deviation from Nominal, and Trace Field.

  - OutCtl - Displays those items that are out of control.
    The following information is displayed in the report: Variable Name, Transaction Number, Out of Control Check, Deviation from Mean, and Trace Field.

  - Both - Displays both out of tolerance and out of control items.
    The following information is displayed in the report: Variable Name, Transaction Number, Out of Tolerance Check, Out of Control Check, Deviation from Nominal, Deviation from Mean, and Trace Field.

These exception reports can also contain a trace field. Use the Trace field list to select the trace field to display.

Trace field - This list contains all of the existing trace fields.