https://knowledgebase.winspc.com en-us https://knowledgebase.winspc.com ActiveKB NX support@winspc.com Thu, 21 May 2026 00:31:13 UTC 20 https://knowledgebase.winspc.com/questions/223/ The WinSPC 'admin' user is the pre-configured administrator account whose password is set when WinSPC is first installed. The password can be changed by logging into WinSPC as the 'admin' user, a ... Keith Bates Wed, 12 Aug 2020 14:03:11 GMT https://knowledgebase.winspc.com/questions/115/ WinSPC can be configured to track and record changes to objects in WinSPC, such as when items are created, modified, or deleted. This information is stored in the WinSPC Event Log (also called th ... Keith Bates Wed, 01 Jul 2020 18:14:09 GMT https://knowledgebase.winspc.com/questions/79/ To activate your WinSPC licenses, you will need to do the following: Run WinSPC on any computer and login as the admin user. Select "Tools" > "License Manager" from the drop down menu at the ... Keith Bates Fri, 03 Aug 2018 15:04:06 GMT https://knowledgebase.winspc.com/questions/344/ Variables and Attributes (as well as Parts/Processes are the containers for Variables and Attributes (as well as some other things like Blueprints and Tags). Daniel Jacobovitz Mon, 30 Jul 2018 14:36:49 GMT https://knowledgebase.winspc.com/questions/312/ Starting in WinSPC 8.3.4, the following visual properties can now be configured for the message box that is displayed in data collection as the result of a message box trigger: Message box bac ... Keith Bates Mon, 30 Jul 2018 13:33:23 GMT https://knowledgebase.winspc.com/questions/100/ PLEASE NOTE: This article applies to WinSPC version 7 & 8 ONLY. For WinSPC 9 and above, please refer to the following knowledgebase article: User Groups can best be thought of as a containe ... Dale Mothorpe Mon, 09 Jul 2018 20:49:10 GMT https://knowledgebase.winspc.com/questions/97/ What is the WinSPC Remote Directory? In most WinSPC installations, the WinSPC Remote Directory (sometimes called the Network Directory) is a shared folder on your network that is accessible t ... Keith Bates Fri, 06 Jul 2018 14:30:56 GMT https://knowledgebase.winspc.com/questions/325/ Introduction WinSPC has the ability to automatically log out data collection sessions. This feature is referred to as ‘Automatic Logout Due To Inactivity’. This feature serves 2 basic ... Daniel Jacobovitz Mon, 14 May 2018 19:12:21 GMT https://knowledgebase.winspc.com/questions/126/ Report Templates, Data Sets and Dashboards can be exported to copy them from one WinSPC system to another. This allows you to share these exportable objects with other WinSPC users, as well as do ... Keith Bates Wed, 04 Apr 2018 15:31:08 GMT https://knowledgebase.winspc.com/questions/180/ WinSPC has a built-in utility to migrate a WinSPC database from one database server to another. The migration utility will copy the data to the new database, enter a notation into the old databas ... Keith Bates Tue, 03 Apr 2018 21:54:55 GMT https://knowledgebase.winspc.com/questions/39/ Inheritance is an administration object behavior (introduced in WinSPC 8.0) where the object not only affects other items at that object's level, but also affects other objects that are in the low ... Keith Bates Wed, 07 Mar 2018 22:00:56 GMT https://knowledgebase.winspc.com/questions/306/ Introduced in WinSPC 8.3.3, you can use the WinSPC "Search" functionality to easily find a WinSPC object that you are looking for based on its name. The search functionality can be accessed from ... Keith Bates Tue, 23 Jan 2018 14:26:03 GMT https://knowledgebase.winspc.com/questions/221/ WinSPC's Navigator button icons are customizeable for the first 5 buttons. By default, these buttons are SPC Setup Inspection Blueprint Instructions If you change the default icons to o ... Keith Bates Thu, 11 May 2017 14:39:14 GMT https://knowledgebase.winspc.com/questions/342/ We would recomend SMTP configuration for best results when using WinSPC with external E-Mail for the following features:*E-Mail Triggers for Control Test rule violations in Data Collection mode *E ... Daniel Jacobovitz Tue, 25 Apr 2017 22:04:39 GMT https://knowledgebase.winspc.com/questions/86/ Introduction WinSPC supports two different types of Control Tests: Subgroup Level Tests and Sample Level Tests. These two types of tests have different configuration options and are activated at ... Daniel Jacobovitz Fri, 07 Apr 2017 13:26:25 GMT https://knowledgebase.winspc.com/questions/158/ The Station Status tool in WinSPC's Administrator window can be found under 'Tools' -->'Station Status'. It serves 2 purposes: 1) To list every station and corresponding station name that has ... Daniel Jacobovitz Mon, 24 Feb 2014 16:11:22 GMT https://knowledgebase.winspc.com/questions/328/ Once you have the events in your master Event Log (Audit Trail) filtered, as demonstrated in the following knowledgebase article, you may want to export that information. https://knowledgebase.win ... Daniel Jacobovitz Tue, 18 Feb 2014 14:54:31 GMT https://knowledgebase.winspc.com/questions/62/ Moving Tree Items Items within the Navigation Tree, including folders and any entities they may contain, may be moved from one location in the tree to another by following the procedure listed be ... Dale Mothorpe Thu, 03 Oct 2013 17:43:15 GMT https://knowledgebase.winspc.com/questions/69/ When a collection plan is actively collecting data on a WinSPC client, a flag is set in the WinSPC database reflecting this state. This flag is cleared when the collection plan is unloaded (or ex ... Keith Bates Wed, 31 Jul 2013 12:07:11 GMT https://knowledgebase.winspc.com/questions/75/ A user could be locked out of their account if the password has been entered incorrectly multiple times. The default login attempts are set at three, but can be increased or decreased from 1 &nda ... Dale Mothorpe Fri, 20 May 2011 16:38:45 GMT https://knowledgebase.winspc.com/questions/96/ WinSPC 8.0 introduces a new format for archived databases. An archive database will first need to be converted to the new format before a WinSPC client can query or report on that archived data. ... Keith Bates Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:57:05 GMT