Calculating ALT Results
Once appropriate parameter selections have been made for an ALT data set, performing analysis is easy.
1. To open the Calculate window, do one of the following:
◦ On the standard toolbar, click Calculate.
◦ Select > .
◦ Press F8.
2. On the Calculation Selection page, select ALT. If this checkbox is cleared, ALT calculations do not run.
4. After entering any additional data for other calculations to perform, click OK to run the requested calculations.
The Calculation Progress window opens, displaying progress as calculations. are performed. When they are finished, the View Calculation Results window opens. If calculations for multiple modules are performed, ALT calculation results appear on the ALT Results page.
Calculation errors are shown for any data set that cannot be calculated. If results for an accelerated degradation data set are saved to an ALT data set for distribution-based analysis, the name of this data set is noted to the right of
Resulting data set. Additionally, for degradation analysis, results exist for each group name. For more information, see
ALT Calculation Results.
At the bottom of the window are
Excel and
Print buttons, which you can use to save calculation results to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet or print it to a printer. For more information, see
Excel and Print Buttons.
5. When finished viewing results, click Close.
You can view these same calculation results again at any time. To do so, select > .